At A Glance: 2025 Civilian of the Year Recipient: Jason Krick Role: Chief of Engineering, Mobile District Award: Lt. Gen. John W. Morris Civilian of the Year Key Achievement: Restoring navigation after critical failures at Demopolis & Holt Locks Tenure: […]
Chief of Engineering Named USACE Employee of the Year Read More »
At A Glance: I-ATLAS Facility Opening Facility Name: I-ATLAS (Interagency Airborne Technologies for Lidar, Analysis, and Surveying) Location: Stennis Airport, Kiln, Mississippi Formerly Known As: JALBTCX Mission: Coastal intelligence, mapping, and bathymetry Key Partners: USACE, U.S. Navy, NOAA, USGS, Coast
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At A Glance: OPTIC Software Tool Name: OPTIC (Operators Tool for Information Collection) Purpose: Aviation & Drone Mission Planning Replaces: Spreadsheets, PDFs, and Email chains Key Benefit: Real-time situational awareness & faster approvals Developer: USACE Aviation Program Office (APO) User
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At A Glance: Harbor Safety Research Partners: ERDC & USACE New York District (NAN) Location: Stapleton Anchorage, New York Harbor Research Goal: Measure anchor penetration depth Key Tech: Sonar-equipped Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Impact: Safer navigation & protected underwater cables/pipelines
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Fiber-optic cable is the backbone of the Information Age, delivering crucial services such as high-speed internet, telephone and cable TV into millions of homes and businesses. But a team of scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s
CRREL Team Pioneers Fiber-optic Technology to Measure Ice Thickness Read More »
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) Program has released the Engineering Practice Guide for Floodplain Benching: A Natural Infrastructure Approach for Riverine Systems. This new guide provides engineers, ecologists, and planners with practical instructions for integrating
As Airmen from the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing scoured the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Sea looking for a place to land a LC-130 Hercules earlier this spring, they finally came to a conclusion: the sea ice just wasn’t thick
ERDC and the 109th Airlift Wing Team Up for Aviation First Read More »
On the rocky shores of a remote beach in the Philippines, a team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) rolled out an innovation designed to solve a tough expeditionary logistics challenge—getting heavy military vehicles from ship
ERDC’s SUBMAT Enables Successful Beach Landings During JLOTS25 Read More »
The U.S. Army is taking a significant step forward in cold-weather operations with the initial rollout and testing of a groundbreaking new capability designed to optimize routes for vehicles traveling in challenging winter terrain. Developed by ERDC’s Cold Regions Research
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and the Inland Navigation Design Center are introducing new technology to the Black Rock Lock, Buffalo, NY, with the proposed use of fiber reinforced polymer in the construction of new bulkheads. At
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