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New Tech

Teledyne Gavia: ASW Training Target Module

Improved DVL Bottom-tracking MEMS Gyro Surveying Service ing sizes and speeds for cost effective ing system interprets data from both

Fugro Launches RAMMS

Fugro introduced a new bathymetric and reusable ASW training applications. conventional marine navigational and lidar system that delivers industry-lead- coastal surveillance radars, providing

Improved DVL Bottom-tracking ing depth penetration and point densi- enhanced radar imagery and state of the ties for nearshore and coastal mapping. Teledyne RD Instruments (TRDI) has art detection, tracking, and measure-

Known as RAMMS (Rapid Airborne released a new proprietary Extended ment capabilities. The sigma S6 suite

Multibeam Mapping System), the ? eld- Range Tracking (XRT) option which is includes the sigma S6 Ice Navigator, proven technology promises to deliver capable of extending the bottom track- sigma S6 Small Target Surveillance, an ef? cient and cost-effective solution, ing range of its’ Path? nder and Pioneer sigma S6 Oil Spill Detection system, dramatically improving upon other Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL) by 60 and sigma S6 WaMoS II Wave and Sur- bathymetric lidar mapping capabilities. percent. According to the manufacturer, face Current system.

this development allows users to attain bottom lock faster and more ef? ciently

ASW Training Target Module MEMS Gyro Surveying Service

AUV manufacturer Teledyne Gavia re- than ever before. Teledyne RDI’s DVLs Schlumberger introduced the Gyro- cently delivered a Sonar Transponder provide precision navigation solutions Sphere MEMS gyro-while-drilling ser-

Module (STM) for ASW training to for subsea vehicles. The new XRT op- vice at Offshore Northern Seas (ONS). an undisclosed military customer. The tion is available with new DVL sales, or The GyroSphere sensor performs gyro

STM module made by Scanmatic AS as a fast and easy, ? rmware upgrade for surveys faster than conventional systems of Norway and integrated into a Gavia customers with existing Path? nder or and avoids the need for recalibration payload module is capable of receiv- Pioneer DVLs. between runs. Solid-state technology ing and retransmitting sonar signals for enables the GyroSphere sensor to with-

Rutter: Sigma S6 V9.2.0 training sonar operators. The STM con- stand the downhole shock and vibration sists of a ? ooded transducer compart- Rutter Inc. has released the latest update that occur during drilling beyond the ment, an electronic compartment and to the Rutter sigma S6 product line, ver- limits of current gyro technologies. Ad- a hydrophone that is towed behind the sion 9.2.0, for general availability. It is ditionally, the GyroSphere service can

Gavia AUV. The STM is programmable also available as an upgrade on exist- reduce gyro survey uncertainty by up to to emulate different types of realistic ing systems for qualifying customers. 45 percent, providing more accurate ac- submarine target characteristics includ- Rutter’s proprietary radar data process- cess to smaller reservoir targets.

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