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Positioning - for success. 8 cm accuracy worldwide (2 drms) High accuracy Heading/Pitch and Roll sensors GPS, GLONASS and GNSS solutions QA/QC NMEA outputs compliant with OGP 373-19 / IMCA S 015 Precise Stable & Reliable Easy to Install Angola Brazil Mexico Singapore South Africa United Kingdom USA www.cnav.com WORLD DGNSSPHINS can also take data from a range of additional sensors, some not normally associated with DP, such as Doppler ve- locity logs (DVL), for use in maintain- ing vessel position. Using INS with acoustics in this way produces position- ing data that is smoother, more accurate and is updated at a higher rate. Conse-quently, station-keeping performance is signiÞ cantly improved, vessels use less fuel, and wear and tear on the DP system components is reduced.Kongsberg to Offer AUV Rentals Kongsberg Maritime Ltd announcesd it will add a number of Autonomous Un- derwater Vehicles (AUV) to its rental pool during 2013/14. The addition of AUV capability will further enhance the existing portfolio of KongsbergÕs rental equipment, which supports customers within the offshore oil and gas, environ- mental and renewable energy markets. Other leading Kongsberg products avail- able via the rental service include acous-tic positioning systems and transponders, multibeam echosounders and DP refer- ence sensors.www.km.kongsberg.com Fugro Upgrades DeepWorks Fugro Subsea Services enhanced tooling capabilities on its DeepWorks simula- tors. Improvements have been made to ROV manipulator deployed tools to pro- vide easier access veriÞ cation as well as more realistic deployment behaviors. In addition to the traditional approach using a Schilling T4 master arm, a new method has been introduced in Deep-Works Engineer to enable engineers who do not have speciÞ c ROV piloting skills or access to a master arm control-ler to precisely control manipulator tools. The tool tip is driven manually from a suitable input device such as a space navigator/3D mouse or automatically www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 41MTR #4 (34-48).indd 41MTR #4 (34-48).indd 415/7/2013 10:30:58 AM5/7/2013 10:30:58 AM