U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has major facilities on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., at the Stennis Space Center, in MS, in Key West, FL, and in Monterey , CA.NRL was dedicated on July 2, 1923, and is the Navy and the Marine Corp’ corporate laboratory charged with the mission of conducting basic and applied research in a broad, multidisciplinary program to advance science and technological development for the National Defense Strategy.