Advancing Underwater Optical Communications Technology via Demonstration Projects for Students, Researchers and Maritime Forces through Partnerships between Government and Industry

Philip Andrew McGillivary1, Ved Chirayath2, Alexander Bahr3, Felix Schill3, Igor Martin3, Liz Taylor4 and Robert Havens5, (1)US Coast Guard Ice Breaker Operations, Alameda, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Hydromea, Lausanne, Switzerland, (4)DOER Marine, Alameda, CA, United States, (5)Tinuron Subsea, New York, United States