ONR awards Navatek contract for autonomous systems, power systems research

The Office of Naval Research yesterday awarded Honolulu-based Navatek a $9.6 million research and development contract focused on "advances in asymmetric naval forces and logistics," according to a Pentagon statement.

“Research will focus on increased robustness of autonomous systems [and] study of the power systems related to small systems and platforms,” according to the statement.

Research will also include an “investigation into hydro-mechanical interactions with resilient composite structures, examination of the system components ancillary to large resilient composite structures and identifying and evaluating opportunities in the Navy’s current operating fleet and operational methods.”

Work will be done in Honolulu and finished by August 2023.