The Blowfish Project: ROV Helps to Secure US Waterways
has invested in a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) system capable of identifying and neutralizing underwater improvised explosive devices (UWIEDs). Code-named the Blowfish Project, this technology is a collaborative effort with the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, utilizing development and testing sites located in California, Maryland, and Virginia.Similar to available technology fielded for land-based counter-IED applications that allow for operator standoff and
NSWC Team Honored for Robotics Work
Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division's (NSWC IHEODTD) Advance EOD Robotic System (AEODRS) team received a 2014 Defense Standardization Program (DSP) Outstanding Achievement Award during a ceremony held at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, March 25. This annual award recognizes individuals and teams that through standardization have made significant improvements in quality, reliability, readiness, cost reduction and interoperability. The AEODRS team - the only Navy team out of six recipients - earned recognition for developing and defining a Modular
Hydroid Awarded US$26-million Navy Contract
vehicle family of systems. The contract includes a one-year base period with four one-year options. Work will be performed in Pocasset, Mass., and is expected to be completed by September 2018. Department of Defense names the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Md., as the contracting activit
DofD Navy Contracts for UUV's & a NJ Dredging Project
vehicles provide the military force with very shallow water and shallow water mine countermeasures as well as underwater object localization tools. Work will be performed in Pocasset, Mass., and is expected to be completed by September 2018. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-13-D-0005). Great Lakes Dredge Dock LLC, Oakbrook, Ill., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract for $36,900,000 to provide placement of beachfill, dredged from the Sea Bright
February 2025
