Marine Technology Articles
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- Fifth-Generation OCTANS Launched page: 53
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on May 2015iXBlue unveiled its fifth-generation OCTANS for survey-grade navigation. The new OCTANS is an all-in-one gyrocompass and motion sensor (attitude and heading reference system, AHRS) and brings in new and enhanced features, including IMO/IMO-HSC certification and inertial navigation system (INS) produ
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- Dolphin Sea View 2D Sonar page: 53
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on May 2015A new 2D sonar that provides high frequency real time imagery has been developed for use on the smallest AUVs and ROVs by Marine Electronics Ltd. The Dolphin Sea View offers a 720 kHz operating frequency which gives it a range setting availability from 100m down to 0.2m. It also provides AUV designe
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- Valeport’s SWIFT SVP page: 53
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on May 2015Valeport is using Ocean Business as the launch platform for a new sound velocity profiler, which will be on show for the first time at the show. Valeport’s latest addition to its portfolio of sound velocity sensors and profilers is the SWIFT SVP. This new compact unit will feature high accuracy SV
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on May 2015The new Powertrack subsea power cable tracker was launched by Teledyne TSS at Ocean Business to close a gap in the offshore survey industry’s inventory of marine detection technology. The company’s research department has now overcome the problem of tracking live power cables by developing a system
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on May 2015Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI) announced a new addition to its sub-bottom systems product line – a true 24-bit CHIRP sub-bottom profiling transceiver. The FSI HMS-622 CHIRPceiver and its associated transducers and arrays can fill a wide range of survey needs. The HMS-622 is available in dual and
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on May 2015This year the SeaPerch Program will celebrate a half decade of national underwater robotic championships. On the last Saturday in May, the fifth National SeaPerch Challenge will be held on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMassD) campus where 150 teams of middle and high school students fr
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- New Multibeam Z-Boat page: 59
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on May 2015Teledyne Oceanscience, in partnership with Teledyne Odom Hydrographic, unveiled the first public demonstration of a multibeam echosounder-equipped Z-Boat 1800 autonomous remote survey boat at the U.S. Hydro 2015 Conference. The 1.8-meter distinctive yellow survey boat is found in action all over the
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- Kongsberg’s New Marine Motion Sensor page: 51
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on May 2015Kongsberg Maritime introduced a new member in its family of Motion Monitoring Units at Ocean Business 2015. As the new flagship unit, the MRU 5+ MK-II is part of a range of MRUs that offers reliable performance in attitude determination for diverse marine applications including motion compensation o
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on May 2015Applanix introduced an expanded portfolio of Marine georeferencing and motion compensation solutions designed to deliver performance at a variety of price points. The new line-up offers high-performance solutions to a broader cross-section of the hydrographic survey industry. All Applanix Marine pro
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- New Tracking Tech: Diver6 System page: 51
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on May 2015The Diver6 System is a new maritime tracking technology, designed to enhance diving command, control, and safety. As a supplemental resource, Diver6 assists Dive Supervisors in monitoring and tracking divers. Diver information is transmitted via an underwater modem to a receiving unit deployed on t
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on May 2015EvoLogics GmbH announced the S2CM-HS - a high-speed “mini” modem that offers rates up to 62.5 kbps for short-range data transmissions. EvoLogics S2CM-HS is an addition to the S2CM range of “mini” modems, boasting the company’s patented S2C technology in a light and compact design. EvoLogics further
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on May 2015At Ocean Business MacArtney launched the NEXUS MK VII multiplexer, while other recent MacArtney developments, such as the LUXUS wide angle LED, will also be on display. Moreover, stand visitors had the chance learn about the MacArtney range of advanced hydrostatic pressure testing vessels and examin
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on May 2015Self-dubbed a ‘revolution in coastal ROV survey,’ Bibby HydroMap unveiled its d’ROP system onboard its new survey vessel, Bibby Athena, a the National Oceanographic Center in Southampton, UK. MTR spoke with Andrew McLeay, Managing Director of Bibby HydroMap, for details. In an industry where inn
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on May 2015A retractable sonar system has been specially designed by underwater engineering services company Subsea Fenix to set atop a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV. Nicknamed ‘The Grasshopper.’ the concept has made possible a more detailed inspection of a reservoir dam in central Italy than could otherwise be achi
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- Dive into Norway's Subsea Valley page: 38
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on May 2015It took three years for Subsea Valley to carve out a tradeshow and conference in a crowded market and then to proudly declare the existence of a powerful industrial grouping along the highway corridor between Kongsberg — home to the subsea juggernaut of the same name — and Oslo, the forgotten Norweg
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- AUVs: Getting Defensive page: 28
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on May 2015The trend toward automation in all branches of military are pronounced and increasingly well established. To discuss progress in the maritime sector, Marine Technology Reporter reached out to Richard Mills, Product Sales Manager AUV, Kongsberg Maritime, for insights. Though the Kongsberg brand
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on May 2015The WindSentinel Floating LiDAR solution developed by AXYS Technologies is a wind resource assessment buoy capable of accurately gathering data on wind speed and wind direction offshore at turbine hub-height and across the blade span. The data enables developers to understand how strong the winds ar
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- Meet the AutoNaut page: 14
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on May 2015Exhibitions are fertile grounds to discover new technologies, and Ocean Business 2015 in Southampton, U.K. last month did not disappoint. Here MTR speaks with Dan Alldis, Naval Architect at MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd. regarding his companies new offering to the subsea market. For readers not f
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- New Micro Field Buoy from OSIL page: 60
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on April 2015U.K.-based oceanographic systems company Ocean Scientific International Ltd. (OSIL) introduced a new, ultra compact buoy platform into its range of fully integrated systems. The Micro Field Buoy is just 0.3m in diameter, and weighs only 15kg (without instrumentation), meaning it is easy for one pers
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- Two Dual-LiDAR Buoys Deployed page: 60
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on April 2015AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has deployed two dual-LiDAR WindSentinel floating LiDAR systems, utilizing the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s offshore anemometry mast. According to AXYS, this will be the world’s first deployment of a floating LiDAR system to feature two LiDARs, as each sys