USVs: A Solution for Inspecting Dams and Guarding Waterways
to, “perform the survey of the upstream and downstream sections of the dam.” This built upon earlier work where the same vehicle was employed in a Navy-Marine Corps exercise to perform reconnaissance along the Intracoastal Waterway near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.As widely reported in the news media earlier this year, the U.S. Border Patrol is increasingly challenged to effectively perform its mission. One article, “Border Patrol Asks Industry for Sensors and Enabling Technologies to Watch Difficult-to-Monitor Waterways,” put an exclamation point on the challenge of patrolling
Students Exhibit Their ROV at the White House Science Fair
what AMNO & CO did. They demonstrated their ROV for a variety of distinguished scientists and guests, including Bill Nye the Science Guy, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and NASA engineer and Internet meme Bobak Ferdowsi (aka the NASA Mohawk Guy). They also showed off their vehicle for many national news media, including NBC, CNN, ABC and CBS. When President Obama arrived, he posed with students for a group photo and took the time to shake everyone’s hand. Afterwards, he visited some of the exhibits and made a brief speech that recognized the students for their accomplishments and encouraged
BOEM to Open Bids for Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
Rodi will open the Gulf of Mexico Western Planning Area Lease Sale 238 at 9 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The sale, which offers more than 21 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development offshore Texas, is open to the public and news media representatives are invited to attend. Following the bid reading, a news media teleconference to announce the results of the sale will be conducted by BOEM Gulf of Mexico Deputy Regional Director Michael Celata. Media wishing to participate in the teleconference only should call 1-888-469-1174
Alaska Governor Invites Regional Arctic Investments
Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell told participants that the Arctic is an emerging market and Alaska is a launch pad for circumpolar investment. Alaskas $50 billion economy is fiscally stable and economically diverse, Treadwell told an audience of investors, industry representatives, government officials, news media participants and indigenous citizens gathered for the first ever 'Arctic Circle' in Reykjavik, Iceland on Sunday. This is a very forward-thinking group, and I am here to remind you all that from ports to pipelines and airships to icebreakers, we have so many places for you to invest
February 2025
