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On the Cover

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Volume 68 • Number 3Volume68 • Number3 10 Subsea Defense

Unclear Present Danger The future of mine warfare is deception.

By David Strachan 22 Research Vessels

Building Back Better Research vessels remain the heart of ocean exploration.

By Rhonda Moniz 22 ©AdJ/ © Andrew Jorgensen / 2025 Scripps Institution of Oceanography / UC San Diego 30 Surveys

Survey Data Reimagined Legacy data adds value to oil, gas and CCS projects.

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By Wendy Laursen 36 Instrumentation

Ocean Bottom

Seismographs Shaking up turbity current monitoring.

By Celia Konowe 42 Ocean Monitoring

Sustainable Exploration Monitoring with small and agile underwater robots.

By Ivan Stenius, Fredrik Gröndahl,

John Folkesson, Ignacio Torroba 46 Future Workforce

Securing the Next

Generation Dawn Massa Stancavish discusses ways inspire a new generation of technology workers.

By Rhonda Moniz 50 4 Editor’s Note 6 Authors & Contributors 7 Editorial Board 8 OPINION Rick Spinrad 14 Autonomy Using AI 18 LANDER LAB Build a Test Puller on a Budget 50 SeaPerch Continues to Inspire 52 Tech Feature Multibeam 56 People & Company News 58 ROV Technology & Systems 63 Classi? eds 64 Advertisers Index

Photo courtesy Mike Kozlowski © Mark Maltby from National Oceanography Centre

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