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DriX being lowered alongside the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.
A DriX uncrewed surface transits across the ocean.
NOAA Programs and Integration Engineer Nick Underwood stand next to an uncrewed aircraft system and underneath one of NOAA's two Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft.
Chief Boatswain Leslie Allen aboard a small boat.
A collage of uncrewed systems platforms and operators in action
A NOAA Corps officer adjusts the blades of an uncrewed aircraft
Visual depiction of beyond visual line of sight vs visual line of sight operations.
A collage of NOAA's aircraft.
A Hydrus autonomous underwater vehicle transits underwater. Credit: Advanced Navigation
The DriX uncrewed surface vehicle conducts operations while the E/V Nautilus serves as a mother ship and conducts other operations during a research cruise.
Ryan Caillouet (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center) participating in field trials of the Hydrus uncrewed marine system in Honolulu in 2023. Credit: NOAA
Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE. In service 1874-1905. Frontispiece of Deepsea Sounding and Dredging by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880.Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.