research, design and development services for autonomous systems, namely, autonomous underwater vehicles, hovering underwater and aerial vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), spacecraft and reentry vehicles, mobile robotics, fiber-tethered and wireless local area network controlled vehicles, re-entry vehicles, novel spacecraft architectures, propulsion, structures and dynamics, namely, lifting structures, powered mechanisms, and framing and control structures for underwater, aerial, reentry, and spacecraft systems, manned systems, closed-cycle life support, spacesuit PLSS and spacecraft ECLSS systems, 3D mapping for both laser radar and high resolution sonar, guidance and navigation systems, auto-docking systems, namely, ladar, optical, gps-aided, imu-aided, dvl-aided, sonar, and usbl docking systems, embedded devices, namely, custom-designed surface mount printed circuit board electronic control and data acquisition systems and their firmware, high density power systems, head-up displays, and smart devices, namely, battery controllers, diver interface systems, life support control systems, self-contained decompression computers, carbon dioxide and oxygen level monitors and data gathering instruments