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Taking the Helm: Retired Navy Rear Admiral and Deputy NOAA adminis- trator Tim Gallaudet takes the vessel’s wheel during an August 2019 tour of the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alabama, with

Eric Brunden, the stewardship coordinator for the reserve.

Photo: NOAA

RDML Gallaudet

Steering NOAA’s Path Toward Uncrewed Maritime Systems

Last month NOAA and the United States Navy signed a new agreement to jointly expand the development and operations of unmanned maritime systems in the nation’s coastal and world’s ocean waters.

Headlining MTR’s Autonomous Vehicle Operations coverage this month is our interview with retired Navy Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet,

Ph.D., assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and deputy NOAA administrator, for insights on the direction and pace of the use of unmanned maritime systems for NOAA’s future.

By Greg Trauthwein

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