ERDC researchers commission full-size, semi-autonomous research vessel [Image 1 of 2]

VICKSBURG, MS, UNITED STATES

04.05.2021

Photo by Jared Eastman  

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center   

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Research Vessel Martin, the first full-size, semi-autonomous craft of its kind in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), maneuvers near the Vicksburg, Mississippi, harbor April 1, 2021. A USACE civil works Navigation Systems Research Program project, the system gives surveyors the ability to conduct survey missions with a limited crew during emergencies — like the recent COVID-19 pandemic — or in post-disaster areas where it’s not safe to send a manned vessel

• Date Taken: 04.05.2021
• Date Posted: 04.12.2021 17:46
• Photo ID: 6592254
• VIRIN: 210405-A-HE363-0003
• Resolution: 3840x2160
• Size: 2.37 MB
• Location: VICKSBURG, MS, US