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NOAA's professional mariners play a key role in NOAA's scientific research by directly participating in the operation and handling of scientific gear in the tumultuous ocean environment. Meet Sean Battles, chief engineer on NOAA Ship Fairweather.
NOAA’s fleet of 10 aircraft operate throughout the year to support NOAA’s diverse science missions.
NOAA scientists are always looking for ways to increase their ability to collect data and meet NOAA mission requirements, One way to enhance this ability is to fly uncrewed aircraft operations beyond visual line of sight.
Science teams across NOAA use uncrewed systems to augment the capabilities of traditional data-gathering tools to meet NOAA mission needs.
Learn more about the history of NOAA's fleet.
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold a hiring event on April 30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships.
Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicles, funded by the NOAA Uncrewed Systems Operations Center, contributed to new research on how changes in ocean surface temperature affect our atmosphere’s stability and movement.
