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Beyond Ocean Mapping: Using Uncrewed Vehicles to Advance Ocean Research
Even when traditional research vessels can’t safely reach parts of the ocean, the science doesn’t stop. Uncrewed surface vehicles give scientists access to the ocean with fewer constraints, rewriting what is possible in oceanographic and fisheries research and addressing longstanding research questions.
Chance Maritime Awarded $21.6M NOAA Contract to Provide Chance LR30 Uncrewed Surface Vessels
Chance Maritime Technologies has been awarded a $21.6 million contract by NOAA to provide Chance LR30 uncrewed surface vessels in support of the agency’s new charting and mapping vessels.
Woolpert and Chance Maritime Conduct First Fully Uncrewed Offshore Hydrographic Survey Off Florida’s Gulf Coast
Uncrewed survey vessels will be used to support deep-sea coral and habitat mapping. PENSACOLA, Fla. (May 5, 2026) — Woolpert is conducting its first fully uncrewed offshore hydrographic survey mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...
Woods Hole Group and Chance Maritime Complete Landmark 38 Day USV FAST Eddy Survey
Fully unmanned diesel-powered offshore operation without human intervention, refueling, or support vessels LAFAYETTE, LA, USA (Jan. 12, 2026) – The Woods Hole Group and Chance Maritime Technologies have successfully completed an uninterrupted, 38-day, FAST Eddy Loop...
Chance Maritime 2025 Wrapped!
It’s been a massive year for us, accumulating a whopping 3,000 unmanned operational hours from the Gulf of America, across the east coast, and into the Great Lakes!
Chance Maritime’s MC40 USV Unleashed at Silent Swarm 25
ALPENA, MI. (August 07, 2025) — Our Chance MC40, a long-endurance high-power USV, carried over 1,200 pounds of EW and ISR payloads into the exercise. At 40 foot long, the Chance MC40 was the largest USV carrying the heaviest payloads in Silent Swarm 25. We...
USF COMIT and Chance Maritime Collect Data for Backscatter Calibration Sites
ST. PETERSBURG, Fl. (April 1, 2025) — The University of South Florida College of Marine Science’s Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) collaborated with Chance Maritime Technologies to acquire data at three backscatter calibration sites off the...
Woolpert, Chance Maritime Employ Autonomous Vessel and Team Collaboration to Efficiently Map Florida Seafloor
KEY WEST, Fla. (March 25, 2025) — Woolpert and Chance Maritime have partnered to leverage autonomous technology, geospatial expertise, and broad-based staffing to most efficiently collect hydrographic survey data in support of the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative...
Chance Maritime Technologies Integrates with R2Sonic Multibeam
Chance Maritime Technologies and R2Sonic integrated the Sonic 2022-V+ multibeam into the MC29 ocean drone for high resolution bathymetry.
LSU Engineering, Chance Maritime Collaborate on Uncrewed Underwater Research
Technology beneficial in preserving natural resources, ensuring sustainable ecosystems, and supporting climate resilience. November 13, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – In an old quarry near Lafayette, La., an uncrewed boat is dropping a remote-controlled robot down to the...
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