The MITRE BlueTech Lab is a state-of-the-art, indoor maritime test facility and collaborative laboratory for innovators and researchers to advance maritime technology, strengthen climate resilience, and increase national security and safety.
Testing maritime technologies at sea is expensive and difficult. Conducting in-water testing prior to launching costly at-sea experiments radically reduces risk. And sharing access to resources reduces costs and increases agility.
MITRE’s BlueTech Lab is a testing facility that enables the regional BlueTech innovation community to rapidly prototype new technology quickly and safely.
Featuring the longest and one of the largest tanks in the region (106’ x 40’ x 19.7’), with a capacity of approximately 620,000 gallons—the BlueTech Lab’s test tank accommodates the use of unmanned undersea and surface vehicles in a large, controlled space and enables testing of communication and acoustic sensing systems at lower transmission frequencies and longer signal lengths than other facilities.