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57 unmanned systems inside April/May 2016 ENGINEERING. PRACTICE. POLICY. The CRACUNS The Sea Robin The Sea Hunter background is in the disposal of explosive ord- nance—including the use of robots to thwart improvised explosive devices. "A s an organization we tr y to get it to where these unmanned systems are able to go further, have autonomy to be able to work and act in these areas so that you can extend the distance between the man and the plat- form or the vehicle itself," he said. Reaching Out N99 is open to meeting with firms with tech- nology they want to present, said Murphy. "We'll look at kind of what they want to dis- cuss and then we'll match up the correct group to meet with them," he said, suggesting that companies contact their front office (see P. 55). Firms and researchers can also contact DASN UxS directly (see P. 55) or reach out to some of the organizations with which they work including the Office of Naval Research, Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx, see side- bar on P. 54) and the Navy's University Affili- ated Research Centers or UARCs. DASN RFIs and RFPs will be posted online on the Fed Biz Ops website, said Engelhardt. In addition, as part of its outreach, DASN staff will be attending conferences including AUVSI's Xponential conference (May 2-5 in New Or- leans) and the Sea-Air-Space Exposition (May 16-18 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Conven- tion Center south of Washington, DC). It was during the Exposition last April that Mabus announced his plans to sharpen the Nav y's focus on unmanned technology by launching these two new organizations. "The only limit to what this new technol- ogy can do for us is our imagination," he told attendees. "It's is a new and exciting unmanned world that I don't think we, as a generation really have an appreciation for yet," Engelhardt said, "but I think that will evolve in the next 5 to 10 years— and the next generation will appreciate the cool things that we're able to do." A photo illustration, created by combining digital images, shows a SEA ROBIN LAUNCH VEHICLE vertically deploying an unmanned aircraft from a submerged submarine.