Chief of Naval Research explained

Post:Chief of Naval Research
Flag:File:Flag of a United States Navy rear admiral.svg
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Flagcaption:Flag of a Navy rear admiral
Insignia:Office of Naval Research Official Logo.png
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Office of Naval Research
Incumbent:Rear Admiral Kurt J. Rothenhaus
Incumbentsince:June 16, 2023
Department:Department of the Navy
Reports To:Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition)
Seat:Arlington County, Virginia, US
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Deputy:Vice Chief of Naval Research
Website:Office of Naval Research

The Chief of Naval Research is the senior military officer in charge of scientific research in the United States Navy. The Chief of Naval Research has a rank of Rear Admiral, and is in charge of the Office of Naval Research.

The Chief of Naval Research has responsibility for basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development components of the Navy's research and development programs (the first three of the seven categories used in the Department of Defense research and development budget, often referred to as 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3, respectively), as well as the Navy's intellectual property policy. The Chief of Naval Research also coordinates with other research and development agencies within the Department of the Navy, such as the Naval Warfare Centers of the Naval Systems Commands.

Other positions in the Office of Naval Research leadership include the Vice Chief of Naval Research (a one-star Marine Corps brigadier general), the Assistant Chief of Naval Research and Commanding Officer of ONR Global (both captains), and the Executive Director and Assistant Vice Chief of Naval Research (both civilians).[1] The Chief of Naval Research reports directly to the civilian Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition), and is thus not organizationally subordinate to the Chief of Naval Operations, the senior military officer in the entire Navy.[2] [3]

History

The predecessor to the Office of Naval Research was the Office of the Coordinator of Research and Development, an institution within the Navy during World War II meant to coordinate between the military-wide Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), Navy materiel bureaus, and civilian research organizations. The organization was formed in 1941 and was nicknamed the "Bird Dogs" due to their skill at finding and solving interorganizational problems. Jerome Clarke Hunsaker was interim chief, followed by Rear Admiral Julius A. Furer. OSRD was disbanded after the war, and the Office of the Coordinator of Research and Development was incorporated into the new Navy Office of Research and Inventions, headed by Harold Bowen, which became the Office of Naval Research in 1946.[4]

List of Chiefs of Naval Research

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leadership. U.S. Office of Naval Research. 30 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Navy Organization: The Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Navy. 30 July 2014.
  3. Web site: ASN(RDA) Overall Structure. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). 30 July 2014.
  4. Book: Buderi. Robert. Naval innovation for the 21st century : the Office of Naval Research since the end of the Cold War. 2013. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 978-1612513065. 21–26. 30 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Harold Gardiner Bowen Papers. Princeton University. 30 July 2014.
  6. Book: Harvey M. Sapolsky. Science and the Navy: The History of the Office of Naval Research. 2014. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-6092-0. 47, 86.
  7. Web site: Solberg Award (Research). American Society of Naval Engineers. 30 July 2014.
  8. Web site: Valor awards for Calvin Matthews Bolster. 31 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808064700/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=301351. 8 August 2014. live.
  9. News: The retiring chief of U.S. Navy research, Rear Adm. Calvin M. Bolster (left), congratulates his successor, Rear Adm. Frederick R. Furth, in Washington as Mrs. Furth looks on. 31 July 2014. Brownwood Bulletin. 4 January 1954. Brownwood, Texas. 14.
  10. Rear Admiral Rawson Bennett II. IRE Transactions on Military Electronics. 1. 1960. 10.1109/IRET-MIL.1960.5008182.
  11. Web site: Valor awards for Rawson Bennett, II. Military Times. 31 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808064714/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=306926. 8 August 2014. live.
  12. Web site: Valor awards for Leonidas D. Coates, Jr.. Military Times. 31 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808064825/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=305257. 8 August 2014. live.
  13. Web site: Valor awards for John K. Leydon. Military Times. 31 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808064717/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=305753. 8 August 2014. live.
  14. Web site: Senior US Navy Leaders, December 31, 1970. Fleet Organization Web Site. 31 July 2014.
  15. Book: Buderi. Robert. Naval innovation for the 21st century : the Office of Naval Research since the end of the Cold War. 2013. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 9781612513065. 101. 30 July 2014.
  16. Web site: Vice Admiral Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., USN (Ret.), Senior Fellow and Member, Board of Regents. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. 30 July 2014.
  17. Web site: RADM William C. Miller '62, USN (Ret.). U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation. 30 July 2014.
  18. Book: Oceanography : joint hearing before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security and the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives. 1996 . 30 July 2014. 95. U.S. Government Printing Office . 9780160539039 .
  19. Web site: Rear Adm . Paul G. Gaffney II, U.S. Navy. U.S. Defense Acquisition University. 30 July 2014. 14.
  20. Web site: Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen. U.S. Navy. 30 July 2014.
  21. Web site: Vice Admiral William E. Landay III. U.S. Department of Defense. 30 July 2014.
  22. Web site: Rear Admiral (Retired) Nevin P. Carr, Jr.. U.S. Navy. 31 July 2014. 25 September 2013.
  23. Web site: Rear Admiral Matthew L. Klunder. U.S. Office of Naval Research. 30 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217124929/http://www.onr.navy.mil/About-ONR/Leadership/Chief-Naval-Research.aspx. 17 December 2014.
  24. Web site: Smalley. David. Full Steam Ahead for Navy Science: Winter Comes to ONR. Office of Naval Research. 12 January 2015. 5 January 2015.
  25. Web site: Rear Adm. David J. Hahn Takes the Helm at ONR. Office of Naval Research. 10 June 2017. 18 November 2016.
  26. Web site: Welcome Aboard, Rear Adm. Selby! New CNR Takes Helm at Office of Naval Research. Office of Naval Research. 3 June 2020. 1 June 2020.
  27. Web site: Duffie. Warren. Welcome Aboard, Rear Adm. Rothenhaus! New CNR Takes Helm at Office of Naval Research. 2023-06-21. 2023-07-03. U.S. Navy.

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