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any UV product developers interested this space include a new electric motor vation ROV. It has signi? cant payload, in improving their Vehicle, Propulsor or drive module for NavCad. For propulsor power capability and available band-

Drive Design. Most notable is its work and thruster designers, new capabilities width, allowing the ROV to manage for electric motors and hydroacoustic in PropElements include calculation of complex tooling and sensor packages. A metrics for noise sensitive applications. streamline properties for appendage and dedicated 10-kW power supply is avail-

The AUV/ROV/UUV industry uses control surface optimization, as well as able to the user via a dedicated auxil-

HydroComp’s tools and consulting performance contribution prediction of iary connector, enabling the use of more services to design and analyze the pro- “protective shrouds”. power-hungry tooling, such as cleaners pulsion package for their vehicles and and water-jetting tools, without the need submersibles. Better hydrodynamic for an additional umbilical. The VALOR SEATRONICS performance for UVs leads to greater Seatronics provides marine electronic has a 20-Gb/s Ethernet-based connec- speed and reduced power requirements equipment, and its capabilities include tion (expandable up to about 100 Gb/s) for propulsion, allowing more power to custom sensor solutions, subsea elec- with throughput to ? ve highly con? gu- be applied to sensors and more ef? cient tronics equipment rental, service repairs rable sensor ports, Dual GigE cameras data collection. Recent engineering proj- and calibration support, lightweight supplied as standard and three camera ects highlight HydroComp’s expertise observation remotely operated vehicles connectors. This allows for video and in vehicle hydrodynamics and thruster (ROV), and ROV tooling. Its rental ? eet real-time 3D modeling to be distributed design, including the new award-win- includes more than 6000 assets in four easily on a network connection. The ning JaiaBot “micro-sized” autonomous dedicated bases around the world. VALOR can hold as much as 19 kg of robotic vehicle. New updates to Hydro- The VALOR (Versatile and Light- tooling and sensor equipment in various

Comp’s commercial design tools for weight Observation ROV) is an Obser- con? gurations. www.marinetechnologynews.com 15

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