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IXSEA Launches COTS SAS

IXSEA launched SHADOWS, its new Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS), at Oi06 in London. The company reports that SHADOWS is the first commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) Synthetic

Aperture Sonar (SAS), is a quick and efficient high-performance sonar system with synthetic aperture processing, which is designed to offer unparalleled image quality in real-time with no gap at nadir boosting productivity. According to IXSEA, SHADOWS doubles the resolution while reducing survey costs by one- third. It is positioned as the solution for all sidescan survey applications: cable route, offshore mining, pre-dredging survey, small objects search on the seabed and shipwreck search and salvage. Moreover SHADOWS is compatible with GAPS and POSIDONIA, IXSEA's USBL positioning systems.

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EdgeTech Side Scan

System Options

EdgeTech will introduce a new dual simultaneous 300/600 kHz option for its existing 4200-FS Dual Mode

Side Scan System. The current 4200-

FS System operates dual simultaneous 120/410 kHz frequencies. The new high frequency option aims to pro- vide the user with superior imagery at ranges of at least 230 m/side on the low frequency and 100 m/side on the high frequency. In High Definition

Mode (HDM) the system operates conventional dual simultaneous 300/600 kHz frequencies. In High

Speed Mode (HSM) the system oper- ates in MultiPulse mode on either selected frequency at speeds of up to 10 knots while meeting IHO and

NOAA specifications for surveys.

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General Acoustics

Products

General Acoustics GmbH special- izes in acoustic measuring devices and develops, produces and sells its own devices from its headquarters in Kiel,

Germany, and through their network of representatives around the world.

The products include Water Level and Wave measuring Systems as well as special echo sounders for the hydrographical and geological opera- tions.

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GeoAcoustics Sonar

GeoAcoustics' new 24-bit digital side scan sonar is designed to provide full 24-bit data, digitized directly at the transducers, thus providing sur- veyors with high quality resolution.

With sonar frequencies based upon the combination of 100kHz and 400kHz, this sonar is designed to provide a high level of image clarity.

The system can also be mobilized as a modular sonar on ROVs and AUVs.

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Innomar Technologie

Profiler

Innomar Technologie GmbH pres- ents its new system variant SES-2000 deep, a portable parametric sub-bot- tom profiler for deep-sea operations is rated for water depths of 5 to 6,000 m. It has a very narrow sound beam of ±1.5° for low frequencies between

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