The critical support provided to this project by the Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron VXS-1 was featured in a Navy press release [here](https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3527061/research-squadron-vxs-1-mobilizes-quickly-to-track-hurricane-idalia/). See [Rapid response buoy array airdropped to sample Hurricane Idalia](https://nopphurricane.sofarocean.com/updates/rapid-response-buoy-array-airdrop-sample-hurricane-idalia) for additional NHCI specifics.

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Update by Team:

**Thomson**  
on  
**September 19, 2023**

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