The Naval Research Laboratory conducts a wide variety of basic research and applied research relevant to the US Navy. NRL scientists and engineers author over 1200 openly published research papers in a wide range of … 展开

As of 2017, the laboratory was divided into four research directorates, one financial directorate, and one executive directorate. All the directorates are … 展开

The main campus of NRL is in Washington, D.C., near the southernmost part of the District. It is on the Potomac River and is … 展开

The Navy’s environmental investigations began in 1984. NRL was not listed on the National Priorities List as a Superfund and the Maryland Department … 展开

Space sciences
The Naval Research Laboratory has a long history of spacecraft development. This includes the second, fifth and seventh American satellites in Earth orbit, the first solar-powered satellite, the first surveillance satellite, the … 展开

Early history
Artifacts found on the NRL campus, such as stone tools and ceramic shards, show that the site had been inhabited since the Late Archaic … 展开

• United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL)
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
• United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) 展开