The system that we have produces bathymetry as well as high-resolution imagery. The reason it does that is not because we necessarily wanted bathymetry — although that’s a nice corollary — we need the [depth data] in order to focus the SAS on the exact right spot and altitude.
View Full StoryAutonomous weapons will never remove the human dimension of warfare, but if we are careful, they just might thin the fog.
View Full StoryBoeing’s latest and largest submersible is a follow-up to its 2001 Echo Ranger, the smaller, original yellow submarine that conducts ocean surveys. The 32-foot-long Echo Seeker has a 6,000 pound cargo capacity and is equipped with sonar technology for enhanced ocean-bottom mapping.
View Full StoryStarting a military AI arms race is a bad idea, and should be prevented by a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control.
View Full StorySeven contractors were awarded three-year contracts, with two one-year options, for a range of engineering work: design, fabrication, installation, test and evaluation, fielding, maintenance, training and more for both hardware and software of existing and future systems
View Full StoryThe SyPRID sampler can allow us to gain a much clearer picture of where the larvae go and where they concentrate in the deep ocean
View Full StoryThe drone was launched from a shelter attached to the top of the Virginia class submarine that can also be used for the undersea deployment of divers and special forces.
View Full StoryAs Europe’s first ultra-deep-sea robot glider, the craft is capable of reaching 75 percent of the world’s oceans to depths of up to 5,000 m (16,400 ft).
View Full StoryRear Adm. Robert P. Girrier will be assigned as director, unmanned weapons systems, N99, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, District of Columbia.
View Full StoryThe aluminum-seawater concept is an old idea but only recently have the barriers to making it operational been overcome.
View Full StoryLawmakers are calling on Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to assess the number and types of AUVs needed to most effectively execute naval missions.
View Full StoryUTEC NCS performed pre-lay and as-laid surveys using their Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems on the Mafumeira and Litchendjili fields, offshore Angola and Congo.
View Full StoryThe company’s long-term goal is to cut its seismic acquisition costs by 50% and acquisition time by a factor of four, while improving subsurface image fidelity and accuracy.
View Full StoryHydroid is one of several companies on Upper Cape Cod that makes things for the oceanographic industry. It’s what economic development people call an ‘advanced manufacturer’ — they’re producing complex products that overseas competitors are unlikely to build because of the quality needed, or even the timing. These are exactly the types of companies the region wants to attract.
View Full StoryThe pods will allow the unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to dock, recharge, upload data and download new orders before shoving off again.
View Full StoryUnmanned ocean robots can go where humans cannot. But first they gotta learn to work together.
View Full StoryThe ddPCR Bioanalytical Field Instrument is a highly miniaturized microbial analysis machine that allows researchers to do things such as detect microbes in water, soil and the upper atmosphere – while still on-site, without having to take samples back to a lab
View Full StoryForward-Deployed Energy & Communications Outpost (FDECO) allows unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to dock, recharge, upload data and download new orders, and then be on their way.
View Full StoryThe one near Santa Barbara owns a critical mission. “Our goal is to help,” said researcher Dan Rudnick. “All of our data right now is being fed real time into these models.”
View Full StoryDefense firms, all from countries on good terms with both the United States and Japan, pitched their latest technology on the exhibition floor of the three-day MAST (Maritime Systems and Technology) Asia conference to a wide audience of government and navy officials.
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