In March 2022, subsea explorers made a profound discovery at a depth of 3,008 m (9,869 ft) below the surface of the Weddell Sea’s icy Antarctic waters.
By Sol Jacobs, VP and General Manager, Tadiran Batteries
By Alison Cobb, Research Data Scientist
By Ioseba Tena, Commercial Director, Forcys
By George Galdorisi, Director of Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
As advances in marine robotics continue to push operators towards the exciting paradigm shift of autonomous operations, the commercial market for multipurpose survey grade uncrewed vehicles and systems, such as USVs and AUVs, continues to expand.
Our ocean holds the key to producing clean, renewable energy. It can provide us with the abundant natural resources needed to vastly accelerate global decarbonization efforts. But we currently lack the critical seafloor data needed to unlock this potential within the time frames needed.
For ocean technology enthusiasts, there was only one place to be last month—ExCeL London for Oceanology International (Oi) 2022, from 15 – 17 March. Oi 2020 was one of the first major ocean tech conferences to fall foul to COVID-19, so this year’s return to in-person proceedings was eagerly anticipated, to say the least.
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