Proceedings of the NOAA Unmanned Marine Systems Symposium

From October 30 – November 1, 2018 the NOAA UxS Executive Oversight Board (EOB) sponsored a NOAA Unmanned Marine Systems (UMS) Symposium, hosted by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) in Stennis, MS. Eighty-four attendees from NOAA labs, programs, and staff offices gathered to share information on UMS activities, and met the symposium’s objectives for increasing our collective knowledge of how UMS are currently addressing NOAA mission requirements, rapidly evolving in terms of platform design and the sensor packages, and identifying the challenges and opportunities for transitioning the most promising UMS to operations.