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MTS is a professional society that convenes experts from nautical hours government, academia, and industry on topics of interest to the community and disseminates that expertise broadly. As a professional society, MTS was not established to and does not develop rules, classify technologies, or regulate individuals or organizations working in marine technology; rather, we in- form those who do. Our operating practices and policies have been designed to empower volunteers and informed technical experts to serve the wider marine technology community—to advance best practices, to inform standards and regulations, and to catalyze the development of new ocean and underwater technologies. As we did in 2018, and we have done since our founding in 1963, we continue to act in that fashion and oper- ate in accordance with our exempt purpose.

While this recent incident has been very challenging, it is important to acknowledge that ocean technology is in an im- portant growth phase. MTS believes that advancements in the development and use of marine technologies are essential to support responsible and sustainable use of the ocean. Enabled 200WX-IPX7 by underlying technologies such as graphical processing units (GPUs), global internet connectivity, and arti? cial intelligence and machine learning, the marine technology ? eld is expand- ing rapidly. New instruments such as synthetic aperture sonar

Rugged reliability and optimal performance and undersea lidar are showing us the undersea features of defne the 200WX-IPX7. Over 1 million hours of our ocean planet in rich new detail. Emerging sensors such as fawless nautical operation on buoys, USVs and in-situ gas analyzers and environmental DNA samplers enable

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the entire water column and ecosystem. A diverse and rapidly expanding array of ocean platforms such as gliders, uncrewed • Compact, ultrasonic multisensor undersea vehicles (UUVs), and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) bring human awareness to the entirety of our ocean • Dynamic wind speed and direction planet at low cost and large scale. Collectively, these develop- • Air temperature and wind chill ments are catalyzing a new phase of the blue economy.

MTS is a diverse community that creates and delivers op- • Barometric pressure portunities to both individuals and organizations. Individual • GPS position, SOG, COG members, which include students, early career professionals • Three-axis solid state compass with dynamic (ECOPs), volunteer leaders and recognized senior leaders in their ? elds, are provided with a path to advance their profes- stabilization sional practice and expand their network throughout their • Three-axis rate gyro for rate of turn careers. Organizations, including universities, start-ups, es- • Best-in-class pitch and roll accuracy tablished businesses, non-governmental organizations, inter- governmental and government agencies support and actively • IPX7 waterproof rating engage meaningful initiatives throughout our community. We welcome all those who wish to support the next 60 years of marine technology for responsible use of our ocean planet.

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