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for visual and acoustic data acquisition.

Armada’s ? eet requires neither people on board nor a host vessel nearby. Instead they will be controlled and operated by

Meet Armada experienced mariners via satellite communications from state of the art onshore facilities in both Austin, Texas and South- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ksWjIZ47o&feature=emb_logo ampton, England.

The ? eet approach produces up to 90% less CO2 than other

US-based seabed survey and ocean exploration company

Ocean In? nity said it has launched a new marine technology conventional survey vessels, Ocean In? nity said.

Oliver Plunkett, CEO for Ocean In? nity, said, “We’ve been and data company boasting the industry’s largest ? eet of un- driven to innovate by a desire to further reduce our impact on manned surface vehicles (USV).

the environment and the time people spend at sea. We have

Armada, with a focus on combining technology and environ- mental sustainability, will initially add 15 bespoke designed built an outstanding team who boast world leading expertise marine robots to Ocean In? nity’s current ? eet of autonomous to take this next stage of our business forward for the bene? t of our clients and all those who work with us ” underwater vehicles (AUV).

Dan Hook, Managing Director for Armada, said, “We are

Armada’s ? eet is currently under construction and is expect- very excited to be launching Armada, which perfectly comple- ed to be deployable by the end of 2020.

ments the other service offerings in the Ocean In? nity Group.

Each unmanned surface robot will serve a wide range of in- dustries by being fully equipped to perform a multiplicity of The pioneering technology makes our operations world-leading offshore data acquisition and intervention operations down to in terms of environmental sustainability and safety, while still a depth of 6,000 meters. These robot ships will be capable of achieving the very highest levels of data quality and value for remotely deploying a wide range of the latest sensors as well our clients. With no requirement for a host vessel, we are break- as AUVs and remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV) ing new ground in the area of subsea technology and data.” - Highly Portable

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