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58 MTR May 2011 inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) applications. The HD’s inte- grated system design leverages modu- lar sub-systems for ease of mainte- nance, and provides the most on- board space available in a mid-size vehicle for integrating specialized intervention tooling.

GOSL Takes Delivery of Sub-

Atlantic Mohawk Integrated with

SeeTrack CoPilot

SeeByte has successfully integrated and delivered SeeTrack CoPilot with the Sub-Atlantic Mohawk to

Geodetic Offshore Services Limited (GOSL). GOSL recently purchased the Mohawk Inspection Class ROV to offer offshore pipeline surveys, inspection surveys and tooling capa- bilities in order to support the grow- ing needs of their clients. Realising the benefits of the solutions offered by SeeByte’s SeeTrack CoPilot soft- ware, GOSL have purchased a

SeeTrack licence to accompany the

Mohawk. The system was demon- strated and accepted at the Sub-

Atlantic test tank in Blackburn,

Aberdeenshire on Tuesday 12th April. “I was very pleased to see for myself how easy it was to control the ROV using SeeTrack” said Emanuel

Ekpeyong CEO of GOSL, who had never piloted an ROV prior to this demo.

ADC MK 5 Subcontract

Awarded to Bluefin

Bluefin Robotics won a subcontract from Ultra Electronics Ocean

Systems, Inc., to support Ultra in the development, design, fabrication, integration, and testing of the acoustic device countermeasure (ADC) MK 5 with a particular responsibility of providing the mobil- ity subsystem. The ADC will be an acoustic torpedo countermeasure with advanced features that can be employed either as a static or mobile device. It will replace the legacy MK 2 and MK 3 torpedo countermea- sures and improve the defense of

Navy submarines against acoustic homing torpedoes. The ADC MK 5 program marks an expansion of the

Bluefin product line which currently includes five different AUV models.

The Naval Sea Systems Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

PROJECT: New Imaging Sonar

System for Ultra-Deep O&G Ops

BlueView Technologies was award- ed funding from RPSEA (Research

Partnership to Secure Energy for

America) and is partnered with

Chevron’s Energy Technology

Company to test acoustic imaging and measurement systems that improve underwater metrology, accelerate installations, enhance inspection capability to ensure flow, and reduce downtime or shut-in with detailed structure assessments.

BlueView will increase the fidelity of engineering information by provid- ing detailed measurements, leak detection, and detection of degraded pipeline insulation in ultra-deepwater (>15,000). The new inspection capa- bilities can improve operating effi- ciency, reduce time and costs, mini- mize reworks, and improve safety and environmental performance by pro- viding data to enable proactive main- tenance and repair activities.

BlueView Supports Rozalia Project

BlueView Technologies is support- ing the Rozalia Project with its popu- lar 2D Imaging Sonar. The Rozalia

Project is a grass roots organization based in the north eastern U.S. and is dedicated to locating and removing marine debris, as well as working with groups to educate and inspire people on the effects of marine debris. The Rozalia Project uses state- of-the art underwater imaging tech- nology, including BlueView 2D

Imaging Sonar on a VideoRay ROV to hunt for marine debris on both the surface and the sea floor. www.blueview.com

SJC System Consortium Contracts with SubCom, NEC

The global consortium of telecom- munications companies formed to people & companies

The images above shows an under- water 3D scan captured with the

BlueView BV5000 3D Mechanical

Scanner.