White River Technologies Inc — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N17A-T028

White River Technologies Inc — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$124,977
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
N17A-T028
Solicitation
2017.0
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2017-06-09 → 2018-01-09

Description

White River Technologies (WRT) propose this effort to develop and demonstrate an automated sensor system for the detection and discrimination of undersea hydrothermal vents. The Navy is interested in utilizing the energy from hydrothermal vents. Prior to being able to exploit this potential energy source, the hydrothermal vents must be located and mapped. Currently detection and mapping of vents is performed from surface ships. We propose an integrated, automated sensing solution for detecting, discriminating, and mapping hydrothermal vents utilizing a UUV platform.