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Editorial

Gregory R. Trauthwein

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NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 utonomy is all around us, from the military drones buzzing the skies to my

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Retriever earlier this year. But autonomy on and below the water has been

Aa bit slower on the uptake compared to air and land markets. The subject

PUBLISHER of autonomy in the maritime and subsea worlds is certainly not a new one, and there have

John C. O’Malley [email protected] been numerous leaps in capability over the last decades. But from my seat, the last 18 to 24 months have registered a signi? cant uptick in the quantity and quality of projects

Associate Publisher & Editor moving autonomy forward in the marine environment. A few years back I was privileged

Gregory R. Trauthwein [email protected] to sit with former U.S. Navy CNO Admiral Gary Roughead for a discussion on unmanned maritime systems. The Admiral was crystal clear in his call to “solve the power issue” that

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Eric Haun he viewed as the chief constraint on moving further faster on the use of unmanned autono- [email protected] mous systems at sea. Autonomy is a thread that runs throughout this entire edition, but the main feature, our cover story on the May? ower Autonomous Research vessel (MARS),

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Capt. Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret.) starts on page 24. Per usual, Kira Coley distinguishes herself with quality copy for our

Claudio Paschoa, Brazil pages, and her report on Project MARS is one that should resonate with anyone conduct-

William Stoichevski, Norway ing business in this sector. Despite all of the good works conducted by the readers of this

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Irina Tabakina magazine, in my 20+ years serving the maritime and subsea markets I have often contend- [email protected] ed that the only time the mainstream media reports on maritime matters is when something

Production & Graphic Design has gone wrong. Raising the ‘voice’ of the industry is an ongoing and recurrent theme

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] shared by many, an attempt to raise the pro? le and stature of this industry to perpetuate its continued growth. To this end I’m pleased to present an interview with Frederic Terral,

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CEO and President of Brand Architecture, a ? rm that has worked ? rst with The Maritime

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Alliance in San Diego and more recently with NOAA to create innovative, compelling campaigns to raise the voice of this collective market. To my understanding this article

Manager, Information Technology Services coincides perfectly with the world-wide debut of the new Integrated Ocean Observing

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System (IOOS) look and logo. Jump to pages 34 and 34 for your sneak peek.

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