Mississippi governor says oceangoing drone just one spinoff technology from BP spill money
GULFPORT — Gov. Phil Bryant brought a singular oceangoing drone to the Coast on Wednesday for a demonstration of the research and development sparked by the state in the wake of the BP oil spill.
“This is a unique, one-of-a-kind, first-in-this-country, autonomous maritime vessel,” said David Brannon, general manager of the National Oceans and Applications Research Center, a nonprofit research and development firm at Stennis Space Center. “It is a collaboration by C&C Technologies and ASV Ltd. of Great Britain and I would like to introduce the chief executive officer of C&C Technologies, Mr. Thomas Chance. He won’t tell you this but I will. He’s the innovator and the technical genius behind this particular design we’ll see today.”
That design was the C-Worker 6, which ASV describes as an unmanned oil and gas workboat.
Sunherald
12/17/14
Magnolia Tribune
