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OCS-The Navigation Response Branch requires small autonomous surface vessels for hydrographic surveying

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The National Ocean Service, under the Department of Commerce, is seeking to procure a fleet of two to four small autonomous surface vessels for routine and emergency response hydrographic surveys. This acquisition includes all necessary equipment for the transport, deployment, and recovery of the vessels. The ASVs must support multiple operating modes, including remote control, pilot-in-the-loop, individual autonomous operations, and coordinated multi-vessel missions. To ensure high-quality data collection, the vessels will be equipped with a comprehensive sensor suite featuring multibeam sonar, side scan sonar, GNSS/INS, and sound speed measurement and profiling tools. The requirement emphasizes advanced autonomous capabilities, such as feature detection, adaptive line planning, and the ability to deploy profiling equipment based on near real-time data quality.

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NOS seeks 2-4 autonomous surface vessels with sensors for hydrographic survey operations.

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336612 - Boat Building

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AgencyDepartment Of Commerce → National Ocean Service
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MICHAEL DAVIDSON

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NOAA's Navigation Response Branch seeks to procure a fleet of approximately 2 - 4 small autonomous surface vessels (ASV) for routine and emergency response hydrographic surveys. This requirement includes the necessary equipment for transporting, deploying, and recovering the ASVs. The ASVs will be equipped with a suite of sensors and communication equipment as necessary to ensure their safe operation in a variety of operating modes, including: remote controlled, pilot-in-the-loop, individual autonomous operations, and various coordinated multi-ASV operations. The ASVs will also include survey systems that include multibeam sonar, side scan sonar, GNSS/INS, sound speed measurement at the multibeam transducer, and sound speed profiling of the water column. Advanced autonomous capabilities such as adaptive line planning, feature detection & development, and deployment of sound speed profiling equipment based on near real-time data quali

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