The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, manages hundreds of locks and dams, which are critical components of a complex navigation system that is central to our nation’s economy and security.
Inspecting this aging aquatic infrastructure often requires costly and dangerous processes, such as deploying divers or dewatering structures, which shuts down the flow of goods and materials.
To help USACE districts perform these inspections in a safer and more cost-effective manner, and with higher quality, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has been testing the use of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
By conducting research into how to best use this off-the-shelf technology for underwater...
A collaboration between the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory led to an aviation first and a new standard for ice landings that dramatically expands landing site options for military operations in cold regions.
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is working to enhance energy resilience by integrating hydrogen as a sustainable energy source. Their efforts focus on developing hydrogen energy solutions to support military operations, aiming to improve energy independence at Department of Defense (DoD) installations. A key demonstration was the hydrogen-powered fuel cell...
