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Dignitaries and local staff at the

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coastal hydraulic laboratory field

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research facility located in Duck north

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Carolina celebrated the opening of a

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new $4.3 million annex . The new

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4008 square foot building provides

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additional capabilities for the 45 year

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old facility . Focus areas of

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this facility , the new instrumentation

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laboratory . So this provides space to

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work on a lot of the new technology

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that we've been developing over the

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years . Researchers have been working

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on several new autonomous vehicles

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which operate both in and above the

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surf zone to collect imagery and data .

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One of the second focuses on this

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facility is increased . Office space

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has grown tremendously in the last five

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years . The increased staff is working

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on advancing the capabilities for er to

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research littoral zones or co coastal

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areas on behalf of the U . S . Military

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ensuring that our war fighters are

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really equipped to be able to move

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through these regions as safely and as

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efficiently as possible . Is really one

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of the main focuses of the research

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that we're doing here Now . Dr brody

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says the technology and study work

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being done here also benefits uses

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civil mission . One of the cool things

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is that a lot of the technology that

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we're developing to support the war

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fighters can also be transitioned to

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our super works needs here at home in

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helping us better understand the

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processes that are driving evolution of

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our coast and arming our district

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engineers with better tools to quantify

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storm impacts and make decisions about

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how to better manage our coastlines

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coastlines that are enduring sea level

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rise and more intense storms , making

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the research here vitally important

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from duck north Carolina , Patrick

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Bloodgood .