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The \u201cOther Transaction\u201d agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)\u2019s\u00a0Defense Innovation Unit. The goal is to produce a prototype that will enable commercial ocean-service barges as autonomous Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) units for an Amphibious Maritime Projection Platform (AMPP).<\/p>\n
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Sea Machines will serve as the prime contractor in the multi-year contract and will work alongside maritime industry leaders including FOSS Maritime and\u00a0Huntington Ingalls. Bell Flight, a producer of commercial and military, will also be part of the team.<\/p>\n
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Under the agreement, Sea Machines will engineer, build and demonstrate ready-to-deploy system kits to enable autonomous, self-propelled operation of available barges to land and replenish military aircraft. The remotely-commanded deck barge will be designed to land helicopters and host a scaled fueling station for aircraft, surface vessels and shore replenishment.
\nThe kits will include Sea Machines\u2019\u00a0SM300\u00a0autonomous-command and control systems, barge propulsion, sensing, positioning, communications\u00a0and refueling equipment, as well as\u00a0items required for global deployment. Each modular kit will meet U.S. Navy criteria and will be in compliance with classifications and regulations from the DOD\u2019s aviation bodies.<\/p>\n
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The deal is the latest government contract for Sea Machines, building on a 2019 deal with U.S. Maritime Administration to test an autonomous oil skimming vessel<\/a> and, more recently, a deal to develop an autonomous response boat for the U.S. Coast Guard<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe AMPP autonomous replenishment systems will solve critical logistics challenges of expeditionary missions. We are pleased to enable this innovative capability, which will increase the effectiveness and flexibility for the U.S. military,\u201d said Sea Machines\u2019 Phil Bourque, director, sales. \u201cWith Sea Machines systems already working off the waters of four continents, this project is well suited for us and one that we look forward to delivering on for the U.S. Government.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For Foss\u2019s role, it will provide naval architecture, support engineering and operations management for the project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFoss is excited about this new opportunity with Sea Machines. This contract has led to discussions with Sea Machines in a number of other areas where their expertise can help Foss, including bringing more technology to our tug fleet. What they are doing in automation is very interesting and that technology could help our mariners and our vessels safety,\u201d said Foss\u2019 Will Roberts, chief operating officer.<\/p>\n gCaptain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The \u201cOther Transaction\u201d agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)\u2019s\u00a0Defense Innovation Unit. The goal is to produce a prototype that will enable commercial ocean-service barges as autonomous Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) units for an Amphibious Maritime Projection Platform (AMPP). Sea Machines will serve as the prime contractor in the multi-year …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[713,3409,2451,9260,4854,11978,997],"class_list":["post-18839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-world","tag-autonomous","tag-barge","tag-develop","tag-machines","tag-military","tag-refueling","tag-sea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/18840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}