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 (4) establish mechanisms and resources for dual use operation. 

 Each application will have unique circumstances, but we believe 

 that close cooperation with the Department of Defense, other 

 federal agencies, and the civilian academic community can make 

 this work. 



Various interagency panels and working groups are now 

 engaged in the first step. NOAA has participated in preliminary 

 projects and anticipates more in the future. A process is 

 already working. With encouragement, it will succeed. 



Integrated Undersea Surveillance System 



Several exciting applications involve the Navy's Integrated 

 Undersea Surveillance System (lUSS) . This system is designed to 

 locate and track ships and submarines acoustically. For several 

 years now, NOAA scientists at our Pacific Marine Environmental 

 Laboratory (PMEL) have been working with the Navy to use the 

 system as a research tool in their Vents program. Their emphasis 

 has been to detect, locate, and describe hydrothermal activity 

 throughout the North Pacific Basin. Additional NOAA scientists 

 at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory have identified and 

 located endangered whales in the North Pacific using lUSS 

 information. The work has proven very successful, both as good 



