Integer Technologies, USM announce $25 million defense contract

RoxanneSci/Tech2025-07-177190

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Integer Technologies and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) announced the Office of Naval Research awarded their team a $25 million ceiling contract, with a fully funded initial base period of $4.3 million.

According to officials, the applied research contract supports the development of novel software to help the U.S. Navy maintain maritime dominance and increase its seabed warfare capabilities.

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The Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare program will enhance underwater missions and data collection for unmanned vessels by improving their decision-making capabilities at the edge. Officials said this will allow unmanned vessels to adapt more effectively to changing environmental conditions and improve their ability to identify objects on the seafloor.

This program will develop innovative technology for unmanned underwater systems that can autonomously make sense of large, high-dimensional data sets in real-time.

As part of this program, Integer has established an office at USM’s Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise Facility (Wicker Center) in Gulfport.

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