The objective of this study is to provide the Marine Institute and other
readers with the information required to make judicious decisions that concern
investment in R&D in marine platform technology over the next 10 years.
This study is aimed at presenting a brief summary of the challenges of
observing the ocean environment, at describing state-of-the-art in marine
platforms, at providing a vision of platform technology in 2021 and beyond, at
exploiting the opportunities in the Irish context and at providing conclusions
and recommendations for the Marine Institute regarding future treatment and
investments in marine platforms