Feb 17, 2023 · Shaped like a submarine, the diesel-powered craft is able to conduct both remote-controlled and supervised autonomous operations. Unlike a sub, the 25-foot-long DriX operates entirely on the surface, making it a type of uncrewed surface vehicle.

The DriX is an uncrewed surface vehicle that can be equipped with different scientific sensors to gather data from the ocean. NOAA owns two DriX platforms (named DriX12 and DriX23) that will be used in the 2024 Dual DriX Project. Check out these links to the DriX and its …

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The DriX O-16 is Exail’s newest transoceanic Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), designed for unrestricted navigation and long-duration missions.

Jun 26, 2024 · After transitioning the DriX uncrewed marine system to operations for hydrographic surveys in 2023, NOAA has put its newest operational platform to work. In 2024, the DriX was integrated with NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson and spent April and May underway with the ship in support of their hydrographic surveys of the approaches to Savannah, Georgia.

What is DriX? DriX is a 25-foot-long customizable USV that carries a multitude of survey sensors including a multibeam echo sounder and side scan sonar within its gondola. Before deployment, the team lowers the gondola and keel, giving the vessel about a 2-meter draft.

Nov 1, 2024 · In October 2024, a team of government, academic, and industry partners undertook an exciting effort to expand the capabilities of uncrewed systems in order to support NOAA missions to map, characterize, and explore the submerged waters of the United States.

The DriX is a 7.7 m long, wave-piercing, composite composition vehicle, capable of meeting NOAA’s hydrographic survey specifications at speeds exceeding 10 knots. In addition, the DriX boasts an endurance of seven 24-hour days at 7 knots, providing a long-endurance capability not possible by most other vehicles of its size.

In support of OER’s mandate to advance technology for ocean exploration as well as the National Ocean Mapping Exploration and Characterization strategy, OER, through the OECI, has invested in the development of an advanced autonomous surface vessel (DriX) that has significant speed and sea-keeping abilities as well as the ability to map the seaf...

DriX is a highly versatile and efficient unmanned surface vessel (USV) range with exceptional seakeeping and speed capabilities. It can accommodate a wide range of payloads, providing optimal conditions for high quality data acquisition in both shallow and deep waters.