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"Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare" effort (Integer Technologies LLC)

Department of War · Navy · Contract Announcement

posted 20 July 2026 · awarded 20 July 2026 · runs to July 2029

$9,769,318 · modification

Summary

The Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded Integer Technologies LLC a contract modification to continue research on an operational decision‑support tool for intelligent autonomous systems used in seabed warfare and undersea missions. The effort focuses on edge‑deployed physics and data models combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable real‑time sensor processing, environmental monitoring, and adaptive vehicle control, which is central to the Navy’s vision of long‑duration autonomous underwater operations.

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