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SUBSEA EUROPE WILCOXON SENSING

SERVICES GMBH TECHNOLOGIES www.subsea-europe.com https://wilcoxon.com/industries-and-

SES is a technology sales and rental spe- applications/marine/ cialist. SES works exclusively with tech- Founded by former staff of the David nology partners including R3Vox, R2Son- Taylor Naval Research Center, now the ic, Sonardyne, AML Oceanographic, Carderock Division of the Naval Sur-

BeeX, Cellula Robotics, GeoAcoustics, face Warfare Center, Wilcoxon has been

Imenco and RTSYS. Their portfolio in- at the forefront of underwater defense cludes everything from multibeam echo- technology for over 60 years.

sounders, USBL and INS navigation, to Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies en-

SONOMATIC LIMITED

ADCPs, subsea cameras and lasers, side gineers and manufactures underwater www.sonomatic.com

Sonomatic specializes in the design, scan and sub-bottom systems, and auton- acoustic transducers designed for de- omous surface and subsea platforms. fense and scienti? c sonar communities.

development, and application of ad-

SES provides: Precision-engineered ceramics and vanced and specialized NDT inspec- • Sales & Rental: access to products, sys- transducers are made in the US for de- tion techniques. Their in-house E2i tems and solutions, including, but not lim- fense programs where reliability can-

R&D division develops inspection ited to multibeam echosounders, phase- not be compromised. Whether the ap- tools, NDT equipment, integrity soft- ware, and robotic systems. They offer measuring bathymetric sonars, sub-bottom plication is detecting threats, guiding solutions in AUAV (drone and data pro? lers, side scan sonars, USBL, INS, vehicles, or monitoring system health, solutions), and Geo Oceans (experts AUV, USV, ADCP, and imaging solutions. performance is mission critical.

• Integration: Plug-and-play system Wilcoxon supports a wide range of in asset-deployed ROV inspections) design combining navigation, commu- military acoustic applications: across multiple industries.

Sonomatic, Geo Oceans, and AUAV nication, and survey payloads. • Hydrophones for sonobuoys and • Support: Con? guration, training, and towed arrays recently delivered a fully integrated maintenance to maximize system per- • Projector elements for torpedoes

NDT solution on an operating FPSO, combining advanced robotics, drone formance. • Tonpilz transducers for TR modules,

In 2025, SES was appointed as one countermeasures, submarine acoustics, tech, and inspection expertise under one contract. Geo Oceans and AUAV of the ? rst distributors for the R3Vox mine hunting, and ACOMMS

Voxometer, the world’s ? rst MA3 • Acoustic sensors for submarine and deployed the Sonomatic Robotic Mag- netic Crawler, custom-modi? ed by the Multi-Aspect hydrospatial survey sys- UUV arrays tem, bringing voxel-based data capture • Sensors for side-scan sonar

Sonomatic E2i division for the tank en- vironment, while AUAV operated the to European clients. • Vector sensors for directionality, de-

SES is also launching the C-RECON tection, and passive acoustic surveillance

SCOUT DI 137 UAV under BVLOS 13-ES, a 4-meter, all-electric USV with • Engine-mounted accelerometers for for navigation and positioning.

integrated C-KONTROL payload back- machinery monitoring bone, C-Lock quick-mount system, and • Navy-type and custom piezoelectric modular carbon-? ber hull. ceramic sensing elements for a variety

SES operates from Rostock and Ham- of vibration and ultrasonic transducers burg. At its Rostock base within the The Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies

Ocean Technology Campus, SES bene? ts facility in Maryland supports sensitive from direct access to the Digital Ocean and classi? ed defense programs with

Lab’s large-scale sea test area, advanced strict quality and traceability standards.

R&D resources, and collaboration with The Piezo Technologies facility in Indi-

Fraunhofer, University of Rostock, and anapolis, Indiana, is dedicated to manu-

IOW. The Hamburg site provides logis- facturing high-performance piezoelec- tics, storage, and customer support close tric ceramics and ultrasonic transducers.

to Germany’s maritime industry hub.

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