Project Grant N001782510029

Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to further develop collaborative algorithms for autonomous swarming of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). The company's Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel technology provides a family of portable, foldable and energy-efficient USVs that can rapidly deploy and map predefined survey areas without existing infrastructure....

This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $184,409.00 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to conduct research on developing data-driven and machine-learning optimized hydrodynamic models for high-speed planing hull unmanned surface vehicles. This advanced modeling work is intended to enhance naval operational capabilities related to maritime safety, security, and stewardship. The award has...

The West Virginia University Research Corporation was awarded a three-year, $128,116 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to support research titled "SAILING WITH THE UNCERTAINTY: DYNAMIC RENDEZVOUS OF UNDER-ACTUATED VEHICLES IN SEMI-STRUCTURED GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS" under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). This grant will fund research at West Virginia University from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2026...

The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $999,296 Project Grant to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop an autonomy testbed for heterogeneous unmanned vehicle systems (UVX) teams. The grant is funded through the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which supports research with potential to improve naval operations and train future researchers. Under the one-year award beginning...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $195,492 to Louisiana State University (LSU) over a 5-year period from June 2024 to May 2029. The overarching goal of this project is to design autonomous underwater vehicle-manipulator systems (UVMS) that are robust and reliable in responding to unforeseen events, as observed through dynamic vision sensors. The key objectives are to: 1) create novel physics-based and data-driven dynamic models with...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of collision regulations-aware autonomy systems and software for safe interactions between crewed and uncrewed vessels. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the awardee will design and simulate autonomous systems capable of complying with International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. This includes maintaining compliance within documented operating conditions. The...

This $699,192 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports Armada Marine Robotics Inc.'s research and development of innovative uncrewed underwater sensing platforms. The goal is to create a new class of scalable, sustainable ocean monitoring solutions that leverage advanced propulsion and ballast technologies for enhanced mobility and persistent data collection capabilities. The funding will be...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Dragoon Technology LLC $599,555.33 under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a lightweight, long endurance unmanned aircraft system for tropical cyclone meteorological data collection. The SBIR program seeks to stimulate technological innovation through small business partnerships to meet federal research needs. Specifically, Dragoon will develop a sub-30 pound unmanned aircraft with over 24 hours of flight...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant awarded to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) aims to advance the understanding of air-sea interactions and wind stress over ocean waves. The $302,091 project, titled "Collaborative Research: Sea-State-Dependent Drag Parameterization Through Experiments and Data-Driven Modeling," runs from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The research integrates high-resolution laboratory measurements with numerical simulations to...

This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $675,000.00 to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to conduct air-sea surface measurements with drifters and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to examine the impact of diurnal warm layer on atmospheric river fluxes. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. This research aims to advance scientific understanding of...