SAIC to care for Navy's electronic sensor-equipped mine-hunting dolphins

"SAN DIEGO, 9 Dec. 2009. The U.S. Navy's force of bottlenose dolphins, which use electronic sensors as well as their own biological echolocation capability to detect submerged sea mines, will receive care and training from Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in San Diego under terms of a $9.9 million contract awarded late last week."

Date/sDecember 8, 2009
Taxonomybusiness » Department of Defense » spending » testing
NRHP classificationdocument-text
Location32.74905776977539, -117.19712829589844
Sources
  1. SAIC to care for Navy's electronic sensor-equipped mine-hunting dolphins
  2. Marine Mammal Services
See alsoSpace and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [10010 Campus Point Dr]
Record createdJune 24, 2011
SAIC to care for Navy's electronic sensor-equipped mine-hunting dolphins