The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform), a trailblazing research vessel, was in service for over 50 years under the ...

Research Platform FLIP was a 355-foot-long non-propelled manned spar buoy ... About 50 tons of gear aboard the tow vessel were required for a deep mooring. Moorings in 4,000-meter water with a mooring ...

The RP FLIP – short for Floating Instrument Platform – was created by the US Navy in 1962 and it is still used to this day to carry out naval research. The vessel safely capsizes itself by ...

R/P FLIP, quite possibly one ... breathing new life into a vessel that has been vital to our mission,” said Dr Tom Drake, Office of Naval Research.

plus the research platform FLIP, along our 110-meter finger pier and 85-meter quay wall, with complete support for cold-iron berthing including power, potable water, telecoms, broadband, and other key ...

The estimated cost of the new research vessel is $20 million — $15 million for construction and $5 million to sustain its ...