I can&#x27;t wait to see what kind of cool technology comes out of this. It&#x27;s unfortunate there is no R&amp;D funding provided. As someone who works in the underwater robotics industry, it&#x27;s fairly simple to make something that will work at 100m. 2000&#x2F;4000m is something else entirely. This essentially precludes anybody but existing organizations with already developed capabilities from participating(i.e. WHOI&#x27;s REMUS 6000, which is my early favorite), If anyone has some money sitting around and wants to form a team, just drop me a line!