As one of Southampton's University Strategic Research Groups (USRGs) we aim to achieve a global top five reputation; ensure a sustainable, critical mass of cross-disciplinary excellence; provide continuity of funding for world-class science and research in the area of autonomous systems, sensing, computing, communications and platforms; provide world-class, cost-effective facilities and capabilities for scientists and other users and allow society, through this technology, to develop and maintain a low carbon economy, respond to climate change and conduct earth science research whether sub-sea, surface, land, air or space.