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RS AQUA RTSYS https://rsaqua.co.uk/ https://rtsys.eu/

RS Aqua provides sensors and systems RTsys is a French company special- for monitoring ocean environments. izing in underwater acoustics (passive

Based in Portsmouth, England, it re- and active) and autonomous underwa-

OSIL th cently celebrated its 40 anniversary. ter vehicles for both civil (industrial www.osil.com

Ocean Scienti? c International Ltd RS Aqua is positioned to serve the dif- and scienti? c) and defense sectors. The ferent core “oceantech” markets within company is part of the SEA VORIAN (OSIL) bridges the gap between aca- demic research and development and the maritime sector; energy, defense, group, which has more than 15 years of science and ? sheries. experience in supplying equipment for turnkey products for all customers, both

Its innovations have led to the cre- maritime and naval industries. A decade large and small. OSIL offers a bespoke service, providing innovative solutions, ation of new technologies that we now of research and development, combined ? exible services and unique products sell throughout the world, like the ARC with a close cooperation with the French (Acoustic Release Canister) for seabed Navy, enabled RTsys to develop Anti- to customers’ speci? c environmental monitoring issues. Based in the UK, projects (customers include government Submarine Warfare innovative systems

OSIL was established in 1989 to take agencies like NASA), and its WaveRa- (ASW), portable equipment for EOD over operation of the IAPSO Standard dar REX, which is installed in about divers and Manned-Unmanned teaming

Seawater service from the Institute of 1,000 locations globally to monitor sea ecosystem in Mine Counter Measures

Oceanographic Sciences, but quickly state from platforms such as wind tur- ? eld (MCM), Autonomous Underwater incorporated the sale of oceanographic bines. Vehicles (AUV) and Passive Acoustic

Its Porpoise OB1 also adds Passive Monitoring Systems (PAM) such as instrumentation into its business model.

Acoustic Monitoring capability to al- acoustic recorders, buoys, data logger

As the company’s knowledge and skills base increased, OSIL began to offer most any ocean going platform—static, and stations. its own integrated monitoring systems, mobile, surface or sub-sea—using its RTsys specializes in micro AUV (less subsea noise recorders. This technology than 1m, less than 10kg) and has been having identi? ed a gap in the market- is also constantly being developed to providing a very wide range of units place and being in the singular position of being able to offer its customers the meet customer demands, such as a new worldwide in multiple varieties of con- motion compensated REX for use on ? gurations. However, one speci? c proj- best selection of instruments and tech- moving vessels. ect in collaboration with NOAA led to nologies available from top manufactur-

All this technology is supplied via our the supply of NemoSens micro AUV, ers.

Port Solent head of? ce, in Hampshire, a fully-integrated, geo-referenced, still

OSIL is able to identify customer re- quirements and opportunities in the UK. More recently, the company has and video imaging system payload de- marketplace and has delivered several won funding from Innovate UK for a signed by a third-party partner in order new project to use AI to protect marine to deliver photo mosaicking of the sea- new products to meet these needs, in- mammals and marine protected areas. bed. With Still image capturing at 12.3 cluding a range of pro? ling winches

It hopes to revolutionize how we moni- MP and at a rate of 4 Hz, NemoSens for deploying instrumentation from Un- crewed Surface Vehicles and the mini tor, use and protect our ocean environ- can provide very high-resolution data ment for generations to come. at highest accuracy of positioning for vibrocorer for shallow/coastal water off- seabed imageries of coral and any other grid sediment sampling.

targets of interest on seabed.

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