Provision of an Autonomous Surface Vessel

***AWARD OF CONTRACT** for the delivery of one or more surface vessels applicable for the development and understanding of autonomous surface vessel behaviours and collection of high quality scientific data. The vessel/s will primarily be used as a general test bed for: 1.Engineering research in autonomous behaviour including 2.Collision avoidance 3.Navigational Planning 4.Fault tolerance and system reliability analysis 5.Multi-dimensional communication with sub-surface and above surface assets 6.Bespoke sensor package development and evaluation 7.Scientific research including: 8.High grade survey of littoral, river and estuary regions 9.Seabed and above water feature mapping 10.Bathometry **PLEASE NOTE** This requirement has already been fulfilled therefore this notice is published for transparency purposes only.**