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industry-? rst that converts live sonar is equipped with an advanced Battery unexploded ordnance, and decommis- data into SAS tiles in real-time during Management System (BMS) which con- sioning surveys. SeaKite is Kraken Ro- missions, supporting Automatic Target tinually monitors the status and health botics’ next generation SBI deployment

Recognition (ATR) and data ex? ltration of the battery. SeaPower batteries can be method, utilizing a Remotely Operated of processed SAS data. This technology used singularly or connected in modular Towed Vehicle (ROTV) incorporated streamlines post-mission analysis. Once banks, depending on your requirement into the SBI. The high-speed depth of limited to expensive military systems, for capacity and voltage. burial platform operates in water depths

AquaPix now extends SAS capabilities from 7-250m and is 6x faster than ROV to commercial and research-based enti- • Subsea 3D Acoustic Survey Ser- surveys by traveling at speeds up to ties, enhancing capabilities while cut- vices: With the acquisition of PanGeo 4kts. Having the same bene? ts as the ting survey expenses and time. Subsea, Kraken moves beyond seabed ROV mounted SBI, the SeaKite images imaging into sub-seabed 3D imaging both ferrous and nonferrous anomalies. • Man-Portable SAS: Kraken’s with the Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI) and The Acoustic Corer is a subsea survey-

Man-Portable SAS payload utilizes Acoustic Corer (AC) technologies. The ing technology that interrogates the sub- our new MINSAS 60 Light Weight ar- Sub-Bottom Imager uses state-of-the-art seabed to optimize offshore installation rays and is designed to retro? t existing beamforming SAS arrays, providing a programs. Its capabilities include buried

Man-Portable UUVs with diameters real-time 3D view of the sub-seabed. The boulder identi? cation and support for from 7.5 to 9 inches. This modular pay- SBI identi? es buried objects, anomalies, foundation location selections and foun- load section can be added and removed geohazards, and stratigraphy, acquiring dation engineering design. The Acoustic quickly in the ? eld without recalibra- data in a continuous 3D acoustic swath, Corer ? lls the gap between current geo- tion; retaining the ability to use the a minimum of 5m wide (at the seabed) physical and geotechnical site investiga- vehicle’s existing OEM shipping con- and penetrating to 5m below the seabed. tion methods by providing a 3D acoustic tainers. The MINSAS 60 LW delivers Applications include depth of burial, core 14 meters in diameter penetrating picture-perfect seabed images with un- out of straightness, debris locations, up to 60 meters into the sub-seabed. precedented image resolution and detail in a compact, man-portable package. It ©2023 HydroComp, Inc.

provides detailed images with a resolu- tion of 3.3 cm x 3.0 cm out to a range of

Below The Surface 100 m from each side of a UUV (200 m

Is What Matters swath). The MINSAS 60 LW also pro- duces real-time bathymetric data with a resolution of 25 cm out to full range

Under the surface of the while delivering high depth accuracy. water, the results from our calculations and knowledge

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At the heart of the MINSAS 60 LW is are hard at work.

Kraken’s new Gen III, Real-Time SAS

HydroComp connects your (RTSAS), industry-? rst, true full swath ingenuity with improved

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Performance Improvements for contact ExFil and other advanced > Silencing Propeller Noise autonomous behaviors. >

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