Recently the United States Navy and NOAA signed an agreement to jointly expand the development and operations of unmanned maritime systems in the nation’s coastal and world’s ocean waters. RDML John Okon, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, shares his insights on the direction and pace of the use of unmanned maritime systems for the Navy’s future.
Emily Penn is an ocean advocate and co-founder of eXXpedition. As an artist, skipper and marine explorer, she is leading the world’s newest crew of superheroes: those dedicated to saving our planet.
Much has been done in recent years to increase efficiency in the offshore seismic sector, from increasing survey speed, by allowing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to carry more nodes, reducing trips to the surface, as well as through automated so-called node on a rope deployment. Making flying nodes is the focus of ARL, reports Elaine Maslin
A project to address the twin challenge of covering large areas of seabed at high resolution, while also processing the gathered data within expedition time-scales, has been delivering promising results.
While wave energy is a generation or more behind its offshore wind cousins in the quest to deliver reliable power to utility scale, a Swedish company has its eyes on the prize and is progressing toward a bankable solution by 2024. Patrik Möller, CEO, CorPower Ocean discusses with MTR the company’s plan and progress.