USACE's Major General Jason Kelly & Modernizing America’s Waterways
drives the urgency he brings to a system he calls “one of America’s great strategic advantages, and one we can no longer take for granted.”Major General Jason E. Kelly speaks to the newly graduated Sailors at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command's Pass in Review in Great Lakes, Illinois.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher M. O'GradyUSACE by the Numbers: The Quiet Giant of U.S. CommerceThe Army Corps of Engineers today spans eight divisions and 44 districts, covering every U.S. state and territory. Its 250-year legacy celebrated in 2024 includes
Cables Hold the Key to Quantum Communications
. This process is carried out separately and securely via a quantum channel. Eavesdropping incursions are immediately detected if the data rate suddenly drops, at which point the system stops generating the key.Another technology development came with research conducted at Northwestern University in Illinois. The researchers demonstrated quantum “teleportation” over a fiber optic cable already carrying traditional Internet traffic. This introduces the possibility of combining quantum communication with existing Internet cables - greatly simplifying the infrastructure required for distributed
Mark's Epic Journey: 268 Days 1643 Hours, 6,800 Miles in a Kayak
Mark Fuhrmann has completed his epic “Reverse the Bad” charity expedition across Canada and the United States.In doing so, he becomes the first person to solo kayak the ‘Greater Loop’ circuit, beginning (and ending) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and traversing the Great Lakes, the Illinois, the Mississippi, the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers, before hitting the Gulf of Mexico and heading up the Atlantic Coast.A smiling, but understandably exhausted Fuhrmann, stepped out of his kayak – possibly for the last time – greeting well-wishers with the memorable line “can
Subsea Robotics: Aquanauts, Hydronauts, Roll Out
front and center right now. It's the epicenter for all of our resources, right? Food, minerals, energy.”That adds up to an estimated $2.5 trillion marine economy, of which some $30 million could be addressable the types of ocean robotics it’s building, according to Nauticus.Born in Illinois, Radford graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering then joined NASA’s Johnson Space Centre and pretty much went straight into robotics, including DARPA sponsored programs, before moving to Houston, working with United Space Alliance and then Oceaneering Space
Maritime Risk Symposium: Full Program Released
The 2022 Maritime Risk Symposium (MRS), scheduled to be held Nov. 15-17, 2022, hosted by Argonne National Laboratory at the Argonne campus in Lemont, Illinois, recently unveiled the full conference program, packed with experts with insights on the challenges facing the inland waterway systems.Click here to read the fulll program for MRS 2022MRS is an annual international event focused on risks involving the global maritime transportation system (MTS). For the MRS, the U.S. Coast Guard partners with the sponsor, the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and
Deep-sea Research an 'Eye-Opener' for URI student
;s role was to ensure smooth operations of the system's hardware, while Roman managed the software side."I would test the communications with acoustic releases, rig up drop weights, arm Niskin bottles, and power the electrical systems on and off," said Parisi, who is from Naperville, Illinois. "We also added a downward-facing camera and bait to record deep-sea life in action. I reviewed the footage and passed it on to interested researchers on board. There were hundreds of amphipods, a handful of decapods, one isopod, and a pair of cusk eels."Parisi earned his bachelor'
VideoRay Scores Large USN Order; Expects '22 Revenue to be Double of '21
, USABlueprint Subsea of Ulverston, Cumbria, United KingdomNortek of Rud, NorwayEddyfi of Nanaimo, British Columbia, CanadaZero Point of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USATetac, Monterey, California, USANauticus Robotics of Webster, Texas, USASarcos/RE2 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAOceanComm of Chicago, Illinois, USAIn addition to the U.S. Navy, VideoRay has delivered or has firm orders from 20 other navies and coast guards from allied nations. As a result of these orders and commercial orders, VideoRay expects revenue in 2022 to be roughly double that of 2021 and is in the process of building up its manufacturi
USGS, ERDC Install Underwater Asian Carp Deterrent System
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and partners installed a temporary, experimental underwater acoustic deterrent system (UADS) at Mississippi River Lock 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, Feb. 3. The deployment is part of a study to understand how invasive Asian carp respond to acoustic, or sound, signals.“If this UADS is successful in deterring Asian carp, it could have huge implications for invasive species management,” said Dr. Marybeth Brey, a USGS research fish biologist and the project lead. “This new
More Than $5.9 Mln Invested in Marine Debris Cleanup Projects
grantees will implement locally based, cost-effective activities to remove marine debris, including derelict fishing gear and other medium- and large-scale debris.Approximately $1.4 million will support 13 marine debris prevention projects in Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington. These projects will provide the knowledge and resources necessary to change behaviors, raise awareness and promote the long-term prevention of marine debris.Marine debris is not only a threat to wildlife in our ocean, Great Lakes and
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