Latest News & Announcements
Safety at sea depends on consistent training
NOAA Corps officers and professional mariners must maintain high levels of readiness when operating NOAA vessels at sea. Their preparation for underway missions is met through Operational Readiness Training where they gain familiarity with general ship operations and emergency response procedures.
NOAA holds keel-laying ceremony for new charting and mapping vessel
NOAA leadership was joined by partners today to celebrate the keel-laying for Surveyor, a new charting and mapping vessel being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC., in Houma, Louisiana.
NOAA tests new uncrewed aircraft for hurricane research
Uncrewed systems are a rapidly emerging tool for NOAA in hurricane research and forecasting as they allow researchers to gather data from otherwise inaccessible regions of the storm.
Latest Images
NOAA Corps billet locations.
Front row (left to right): Lt.j.g. Garett Smith, Lt. Cmdr. Dylan Kosten, Cmdr. Christopher Skapin, Lt.
Recovery of passive acoustic monitor-equipped gliders for marine mammal assessments off Hawaii.
A pilot operates a DriX at sea.
Map of planned operations during the 2024 Dual DriX Project.
A DriX uncrewed surface vehicle transits at sunset in the Gulf of Maine.