Defense Contractors Snap Up Submersible Robot Gliders

U.S. Navy contract stirs interest in propellerless AUVs

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Erico Guizzo is IEEE Spectrum's Digital Innovation Director.

A Spray robot glider
The Life Aquatic: A Spray robot glider gathered data for three months in the Solomon Sea, east of Papua New Guinea, where a French-U.S. research team is studying how regional currents affect El Niño cycles. The Spray is one of three designs competing for a U.S. Navy contract.
Photo: Christophe Maes/Centre Ird

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