Coarse forecasts
Critical nearshore currents, waves, water levels, and weather are missed at operational scales.
AI-Powered Ocean
Digital Twins.
Anywhere Operations
Take You.
Partnering with leading institutions across the blue economy
01The industry challenge
The ocean is dynamic.
Most operational intelligence is not.
Today's weather and ocean forecasts are too coarse, fragmented, and static for decisions at the scale of ports, offshore assets, and individual voyages.
ARMS transforms global ocean and atmospheric data into local, continuously updated intelligence built around the operation—not the other way around.
Fragmented data
Operators spend valuable time reconciling disconnected models, observations, and systems.
Static intelligence
Fixed products cannot follow a vessel, fleet, mission, or rapidly changing operating area.
Data without decisions
Environmental information rarely arrives in a form ready for immediate operational action.
02Core technology
ARMS™
One ocean digital twin.
Two deployment modes.
Fathom's Automated Relocatable Modeling System (ARMS) combines coupled ocean physics, observations, AI, and cloud automation to deliver predictive intelligence wherever it is needed.
Technical overview34.72°N 76.67°WPersistent domain
Fixed locations
ARMS-Local
A continuously operating, high-resolution digital twin built around a defined location and its decisions.
- Ports and harbors
- Offshore platforms
- Coastal operations
Track 041° · 18.4 ktsRelocatable domain
Vessels and fleets
ARMS-Mobile
A relocatable digital twin that moves with a vessel, fleet, route, or changing mission area.
- Vessels and fleets
- Shipping and navigation
- Defense operations
03How ARMS works
From global data to operational decisions
Observe. Model.
Learn. Predict. Act.
Ingest
Satellites, buoys, radar, global models, vessel systems, and private data.
Simulate
Coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave physics at the resolution operations require.
Augment
AI accelerates computation, assimilates observations, and improves prediction.
Deliver
Decision-ready intelligence through APIs, dashboards, GIS, and onboard systems.
04Industry solutions
Ocean intelligence
built around the mission.
One core platform supports operations across the blue economy—configured for each environment, asset, and decision.
Ports & Harbors
Port-call planning, dynamic under-keel clearance, metocean intelligence, hazard response.
Shipping & Navigation
Route-specific currents, waves, weather, arrival planning, fuel and emissions optimization.
Offshore Operations
Site-specific forecasts for planning, construction, safety, maintenance, and asset portfolios.
Defense & Security
Rapidly relocatable environmental intelligence for mission planning and maritime awareness.
Fisheries & Conservation
FishCast delivers multi-day fishing forecasts to save time and fuel; WhaleCast maps whale encounter likelihood to help mariners avoid collisions.
05Operational by design
Built for the real ocean.
Proven in real operations.
ARMS is not a static model or research prototype. It is a cloud-optimized operational platform validated against observations and deployed for maritime decision-making.
GlobalRelocatable deployment
3DCoupled ocean intelligence
24/7Operational delivery
APIEnterprise integration
PortsOffshore EnergyShippingDefenseConservation
06Fathom Science
Deep ocean expertise.
Built for action.
Fathom Science is an NC State University technology spin-off building AI-powered ocean digital twins for the blue economy.
Our team brings ocean science, numerical modeling, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and maritime operations together in one operational platform.
Meet Fathom Science