Abstract
<jats:p>The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dredges over 200 million cubic yards of sediment while maintaining federal waterways annually, at a cost exceeding one billion dollars. The dredging industry has identified autonomous dredging as a near-term possibility with long-term potential for implementation into standard USACE operations. USACE has the opportunity to identify where this emerging technology fits within its current dredging practice. In FY 2024, a team composed of project stakeholders from USACE districts and the US Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) experts across a range of dredging disciplines convened to distill their opinions into a special report outlining the opportunities and obstacles anticipated for USACE to implement autonomous dredging into its future dredging practice.</jats:p>