ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. Navy researchers needed new sensor technologies for next-generation unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). They found their solution from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass.
Officials of the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, Va., announced a $13.6 million contract to Woods Hole last week for the ‘Development, Integration, Test, and Demonstration of Next-Generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Sensors and Capabilities’ effort.
Woods Hole experts will advance the capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles by focusing on improving or increasing vehicle endurance, speed, sensors, and autonomous performance in different environmental conditions.
Woods Hole engineers will explore and evaluate new vehicle designs, and autonomous teaming scenarios for unmanned vehicle innovation for unmanned surface vehicles and UUVs. On this contract Woods Hole will do the work in Woods Hole, Mass., and should be finished by March 2027.
For more information contact Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution online at www.whoi.edu, or the Office of Naval Research at www.nre.navy.mil.
