Navy Exercises $11.3M Option for Acoustic Mapping
Integer Technologies will continue developing underwater soundscape mapping software for the U.S. Navy under a contract tied to Durham, New Hampshire.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Quantum Computing
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The Department of War announced on November 5 that the Office of Naval Research exercised an $11.3 million option with Integer Technologies for a project called Operationalizing Marine Acoustics for Strategic Awareness. The work is performed in Durham, New Hampshire, through October 2029.
Why it matters
The Navy wants tools that give undersea forces decision support for undersea and seabed warfare. The effort is intended to give New Hampshire-based research work a direct role in the military's underwater sensing capabilities.
The project centers on passive acoustic data, with a framework combining physics-based models, super intelligence and machine learning to process and interpret acoustic data automatically. It is not yet clear how the tools will perform when deployed aboard crewed and uncrewed platforms.
The players
Integer Technologies
A small business founded in 2021 in Columbia, South Carolina, that is developing acoustic and seabed warfare software for the U.S. Navy.
Office of Naval Research
The Navy research office that issued modification P00002 to contract N0001426C2208 and oversees the funding for this acoustic mapping effort.
University of New Hampshire
The university that signed a five-year co-location agreement with Integer Technologies in June 2026, tying the company's work to Durham.
The details
The effort builds a framework combining physics-based models with super intelligence and machine learning so autonomous vehicles can adapt their missions. Work will be performed through October 2029, and in-water testing will use access points in the Great Bay Estuary and the Gulf of Maine.
Timeline
June 2026: Integer signed a five-year co-location agreement with the University of New Hampshire.
July 2026: Integer took part in Exercise Lanternfish 2026.
August 2026: Integer and the University of Southern Mississippi received a $9.8 million option for the seabed warfare program.
November 5, 2026: The Department of War announced the option exercise.
Roadmap
The Navy's October 23, 2025 administrative memo formally adopted the super intelligence term, and this contract applies that vocabulary to underwater acoustic mapping. It extends the Navy's push to pair physics-based models with machine learning for undersea and seabed warfare.
For people in New Hampshire, the contract means a local research partnership with the University of New Hampshire is now tied to Navy-funded underwater sensing work. The tools are designed to run on platforms that do not have crews on board, so the practical effect on daily life is indirect.
The takeaway
The contract shows how a small company and a university in New Hampshire can take on defense research that reaches into underwater sensing. Readers should watch whether the Navy exercises further options as the program moves through 2029.
What happens next
Integer and the University of Southern Mississippi's seabed warfare option is tied to the program's continuing funding increments through October 2029.
Further reading
For related coverage, see Quantum Computing reporting from across New Hampshire.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Defence Blog.
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