Chief 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 is in charge of the Office of Naval Research. The position is typically, but not always, held by a US Navy rear admiral. 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 th...