Currently under construction at Hidramar Shipyard in Gran Canaria, Spain, a prototype designed to advance ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) in storm-prone areas has reached the halfway completion milestone.
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The 1:5 prototype structure comprises three main parts: a cylindrical hull, a cold-water riser pipe and a gimbal connection point.
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ASL Environmental Sciences has announced the successful field trials of a new prototype split-beam sonar in the Saanich Inlet near the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada.
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Artemis Technologies has designed and built a fully electric, high-speed, foiling workboat prototype, which has been demonstrated on Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland.
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Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has been awarded a multi-year other transaction (OT) agreement by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The primary purpose of the agreement is to initiate a prototype that will enable commercial ocean-service barges as autonomous Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) units for an Amphibious Maritime Projection Platform (AMPP). Under this OT agreement, Sea Machines will
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Sea Hunter, an autonomous surface vessel that can patrol with no crew onboard for months at a time, recently completed a round trip from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship is a 132-ft. trimaran that was developed by DARPA, built by Leidos and turned over to the Office of Naval Research last year for testing. Its purpose is
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