Page 33: of Marine Technology Magazine (January 2016)

and solar power results in speeds up to 5 knots with the navigating agility for lengthy station keeping and pro- longed monitoring. “We carry around 1.2KW of rechargeable power on the vessel now via batteries and our hotel load of under 20 watts means you can actually power a lot. Really we are offering a platform ? exible enough for the payload pack- ages of the customers choosing, as every customer has different needs” says Patten, “As we are looking across the board when it comes to market, everything from sci- enti? c to government, being payload agnostic allows us to serve those customers better.”

Ocean observations are required throughout the marine sectors from science and industry to government and de- fence. Regular monitoring of ocean currents and envi- ronmental data such as salinity, biologics and pollutants, must be collected over long periods of time to aid in the engineering, construction and maintenance of offshore platforms.

Due to the cost of manned observation platforms, sometimes up to $50,000 per day, the oil and gas indus- try spends on average $20,000 per square nautical mile for hydrographic and other necessary surveys performed by expensive ships with high operational overheads. The

Submaran helps reduce the expense of survey equipment and operational costs as well as offering an ef? cient, adaptable solution for any number of surveys.

Ocean Aero also offer the Submaran as a ‘communica- tions gateway’: with an acoustic modem on the vehicle it can signal devices on or under the water and transmits the data via any communication platform of the custom- ers choosing. This capability in combination with its ability to avoid detection also makes the Submaran well suited for the defence and intelligence sector.

The ‘Surface to 10 meter (S10)” is the ? rst product released by Ocean Aero. Already the company plans to release a ‘Surface to 200 metre (S200)’ version of the Submaran by next summer. The S200 will also be a buoyancy glider, powerfully ef? cient underwater ad- vancing the vessels hybrid capabilities. In late 2017,

Ocean Aero also plans to launch a 40ft vehicle with a 900kgs payload.

“We are a company that is quickly growing. We have transitioned to a production company from one that has spent the last three years in development of our prod- uct. We just announced that we are our taking orders for the vessels for delivery in Q1 2016. This means that for us 2016 will be a year of growth, adding a produc- tion capability to our already outstanding development team.” Says Patten, “Already we have had great interest from not only the United States but all over the world.

The feedback we have received on the vehicle has been phenomenal and we are very excited about the coming

WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SUBSEA years.”

ACOUSTIC AND DIVER NAVIGATION www.rjeint.com (949) 727-9399• www.marinetechnologynews.com

MTR #1 (18-33).indd 33 1/26/2016 9:29:31 AM