News & Announcements
NOAA awards $21.6M for uncrewed systems to support new charting and mapping vessels
NOAA has announced a $21,600,909 million award for the purchase of uncrewed marine systems to be used on new charting and mapping vessels being built for the agency. This will support NOAA’s mission to deliver tools and information to help mariners safely transport the $2.3 trillion worth of cargo that comes in and out of the nation’s ports and harbors.
NOAA announces $3.6M in funding to support breakthroughs with uncrewed systems
In 2025, NOAA’s Uncrewed Systems Operations Center funded 10 projects to facilitate breakthroughs for NOAA with uncrewed systems.
NOAA’s Uncrewed Systems Operations Center expands environmental observation footprint
In 2025, NOAA’s Uncrewed Systems Operations Center funded six projects totaling roughly $10.1 million to increase the reliability, capacity, efficiency and safety of NOAA missions through the use of uncrewed systems.
NOAA tests new uncrewed aircraft for hurricane research
Uncrewed systems are a rapidly emerging tool for NOAA in hurricane research and forecasting as they allow researchers to gather data from otherwise inaccessible regions of the storm.
NOAA leads the way with uncrewed systems
NOAA Uncrewed Systems Operations Center is recognized for leadership in uncrewed systems work.
Uncrewed systems experimentation advances NOAA science
Research and experimentation with uncrewed systems allows NOAA to improve and expand the ways that critical, accurate and time-sensitive data can be gathered and used. NOAA researchers and their partners use simulated and real-world experiments to assess the impact of uncrewed systems technologies and the data they collect. This information is then used to integrate uncrewed systems into NOAA operations.
