MSU, U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command enhance collaboration through research agreement
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A new Mississippi State University and U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command partnership is advancing key technical fields and new technologies in support of the Navy’s defense mission.
MSU and the Navy division recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the goal of meeting strategic needs in areas such as advanced sensing and data processing, digital twinning and environmental modeling, workforce development, cybersecurity and weather-sensing technologies.
The research agreement’s focus areas align with the strengths of multiple MSU research centers, including the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Center for Cyber Innovation, Geosystems Research Institute, Raspet Flight Research Lab and the National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center.
Headquartered at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, or CNMOC, is a global naval enterprise working in a wide range of scientific fields to deliver vital environmental data “from the seabed to the stars.” The data characterizes the physical environment delivering U.S. Navy assets and commanders an asymmetric advantage within the battlespace. MSU and CNMOC signed an Educational Partnership Agreement earlier this year to facilitate academic exchanges.
“We are excited to strengthen our collaboration with CNMOC as we work together with industry partners to explore technologies that can help us better understand our ocean environments, our ships and how they impact defense missions,” said MSU Associate Vice President for Research Narcisa Pricope. “By aligning our research efforts, we can help grow Mississippi’s defense technology sector and the workforce needed to support future missions.”
“This agreement represents a strategic step forward in leveraging the combined strengths of academia, the Navy and the defense innovation ecosystem here in Mississippi,” added Jason McKenna, CNMOC chief technology officer. “By fusing CNMOC’s operational oceanographic expertise with MSU’s cutting-edge research in AI, sensing and digital modeling, we are not just advancing technology—we are preparing a future-ready workforce here in Mississippi, as well as strengthening the Navy’s ability to increase lethality in increasingly complex environments.”
Objectives of the agreement include developing state-of-the-art signal processing techniques, enhancing data visualization for multi-sensor platforms, advancing computational fluid dynamics and underwater digital twinning technologies, contributing to cybersecurity innovation through cyber core hybridization, integrating advanced weather sensing technologies from small uncrewed aerial systems and creating artificial intelligence-driven workforce development models.
For more on the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, visit www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil.
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