NOAA, U.S. Navy award construction contract for new NOAA marine operations center

On Dec. 5, U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. This facility will eventually be the new home of NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic. December 5, 2023

Conceptual rendering of NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic facility in Newport, Rhode Island

Supporting below-the-surface science

It’s hard to do marine science without going underwater at some point. Missions like the 2023 Rainier Integrates Charting, Hydrography, And Reef Demographics (RICHARD) mission aboard NOAA Ship Rainier are an example of how the NOAA Diving Program supports our shipboard science. November 29, 2023

A diver under the water holding a notebook and ruler to measure coral

NOAA holding mariner hiring events in Alabama and Louisiana in January

NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold hiring events in Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in January to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships. November 29, 2023

Two crew members aboard a white NOAA ship pull in a mesh cradle

NOAA ship crew successfully fights fire at sea

Those who spend much of their time at sea know there are many perilous situations that can happen. Bad weather, mechanical problems, and injuries are challenging and all can contribute to larger problems.

November 16, 2023

NOAA Ship Rainier at the dock in Pago Pago, American Samoa

Six places NOAA is using uncrewed systems to support its fisheries missions

As NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson set sail from Kodiak, Alaska to collect data in support of annual stock assessments this summer, it had a new data gathering partner onboard. November 2, 2023

Collage of uncrewed aircraft and surface systems

NOAA explores how uncrewed aircraft can improve aerosol and cloud measurements

From July 17 to Aug. 4, 2023, a team of NOAA and industry uncrewed aircraft professionals conducted flight operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, to expand the agency’s use of uncrewed aircraft to gather mission critical data.

October 5, 2023

A group of people standing behind an uncrewed aircraft

NOAA awards contract for renovations to research ship pier in North Charleston, SC

NOAA has awarded $59.8 million to Manson Construction Company to renovate the agency’s pier facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. September 21, 2023

Conceptual rendering of NOAA North Charleston, SC pier facility renovation

NOAA awards new contracts to small businesses for uncrewed marine systems data services

NOAA has awarded three Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to five small business manufacturers of uncrewed marine systems with a potential combined value of $22.5 million. IDIQ contracts allow the agency to streamline the processing and delivery of commercial products and services from industry vendors.

September 18, 2023

A collage showing a Saildrone, an uncrewed underwater vehicle, and three uncrewed surface vehicles