Modular Ocean Environment Profiler System

To address the Navys need for a persistent ocean environment monitoring system for obtaining profile data from a variety of advanced sensors, Intellisense Systems, Inc. (ISS) proposes to develop a new Modular Ocean Environment Profiler (MOEP) system. It will utilize a novel compact buoyancy control module combined with a completely submersible solar energy harvesting and storage system for long lifetime ocean monitoring. The system incorporates ISSs field-proven dynamic power management technology for unattended sensor operation and data transmission via Iridium satellite. Sensor systems will be directly interchangeable within the main body of the device to maintain a constant operational envelope as required for existing air launch A-sized buoy deployment. In Phase I, ISS will demonstrate the feasibility of the MOEP technology through design, assembly, and demonstration of the compact buoyancy control mechanism, submersible solar energy harvesting, and storage for use by the dynamic power system used by the sensor modules. In Phase II, ISS plans to design, fabricate, and test a fully integrated prototype system and demonstrate open-water capability with at least two different measurement types.