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A blue and white Hydrus autonomous underwater vehicle transits underwater over the sea floor.

A Hydrus autonomous underwater vehicle transits underwater. Credit: Advanced Navigation

A red uncrewed marine system transits on top of the ocean with the E/V Nautilus in the background.

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.

A NOAA scientist poses for the camera in a blue sun shirt, white hat, and orange life jacket while in the cabin of a boat. They are holding a small, white uncrewed marine systems called the Hydrus.

Ryan Caillouet (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center) participating in field trials of the Hydrus uncrewed marine system in Honolulu in 2023. Credit: NOAA

A black and white photo of the Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE at a dock

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.

NOAA Logo, words "NOAA Fleet Week", and a collage of NOAA ships, aircraft, uncrewed systems and personnel in action

NOAA Fleet Week banner. A collage of NOAA ships, aircraft, uncrewed systems and personnel in action

Collage of pictures of NOAA ships, planes, uncrewed systems, and workforce in action

Collage of pictures of NOAA ships, planes, uncrewed systems, and workforce in action

A woman in a hard hat aboard a NOAA ship

NOAA Able Seaman LaDeirdre Forehand.

A bright orange Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle on the water

A Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle at sea.

a, Saildrone #1006 (SD1006) track, coloured by SST measured at 0.6 m. b, TPOS Saildrone. c, Measured SST (black) and extrapolated foundation temperature (Tfdn) (red) for the period 1 October 2017 to 1 January 2018, when the drone was south of 20.23° N plotted as a latitude section along ~125° W (upper panel) and time series (lower panel). d, SST at 0.6 m (black) and extrapolated Tfdn (red) from 10 minute data (top panel) and from daily averaged data with 24 hour running-averaged SST shown in black (second p

a, Saildrone #1006 (SD1006) track, coloured by SST measured at 0.6 m. b, TPOS Saildrone.

A woman on the deck of a ship

Uncrewed Systems Operations Center Knauss Fellow Chesna Cox.

A woman pointing to an orange uncrewed surface vehicle

NOAA Uncrewed Marine Systems Division Uncrewed Marine Systems Program Specialist Erica Fruh.

Two skydivers falling through the sky

PaTrina Gregory– Uncrewed Systems Operations Center, Administrative Officer while skydiving.