NOAA Uncrewed Marine Systems Highlights Report for Fiscal Year 2024

This report is the second iteration of the Uncrewed Marine Systems (UMS) Highlights Report, and specifically focuses on NOAA’s UMS activities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. This report contextualizes NOAA’s use of UMS across NOAA’s six line offices and the two program offices indicated in the Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology Act of 2018 as critical to NOAA’s UMS activities. Line Offices: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Program Office: Ocean Exploration (OE), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Weather Service (NWS), National Ocean Service (NOS) Program Office: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS)