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First Sale of SONIC2024

Swathe Services sales division announced its first UK sale of the

SONIC 2024 wideband high resolu- tion shallow water multibeam echosounder. Within a matter of days of announcing the inclusion of the SONIC2024 in their rental pool of survey equipment the company immediately supplied two systems for hire with a major UK survey company, on a contract that has now extended beyond three months. The complete SONIC 2024 system includeds the Valeport MiniSVS.

BlueView High-Res “Gap-Filling” Sonar

BlueView delivered a new sonar to Hydroid as part of an

Atlas Elektronik UK project for the UK Ministry Of

Defense. The Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD) project, conducted on behalf of the Defense Equipment and Support Programs and Technology Group, is designed to enable the MoD to understand the capabili- ties that recent commercial and military UUV technolo- gy maturity could bring to future MCM operations. The new 2.25 MHz sonar (MB2250) was integrated into a

Hydroid REMUS 100 UUV section to provide high res- olution 2D and 3D imagery for side scan gap-filling and target identification in the region directly below the UUV typically associated with side scan coverage gaps. The

Atlas Elektronik UK Classiphi software fuses the

BlueView gap-filling sonar data with the side scan sonar data gathered by the REMUS 100 to provide seamless imagery across the entire swath. www.blueview.com

USN Acquires MCM Software

The U.S. Military acquired six upgraded licenses of the latest underwater situational awareness technology for supporting Clearance Diving and Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Forces. The software known as SeeTrack Military

Fluorometer Integrated on Micro-ROV

VideoRay and Turner Designs announced the integration of the Turner Designs C3 Submersible Fluorometer with

VideoRay’s observation Remotely Operated Vehicle. The

Turner Designs C3 is specified by the USCG in the

SMART protocol for detecting the presence of oil. The C3

Submersible Fluorometer is designed to incorporate up to three optical sensors, temperature and depth. Sensors can be selected to detect Crude Oil, Refined Fuels, CDOM, in vivo Chlorophyll a, blue green algae, rhodamine WT dye, fluorescein dye, and optical brighteners. Turbidity sensors are also available. The VideoRay is an ROV system for underwater scientific research, and is used by Gulf Coast researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi,

University of West Florida, Louisiana State University,

Florida State University, and others. Its small size, power- ful thrusters, advanced camera and recording capabilities, and wide range of sonars, positioning systems, and attach- ments and sensors make it ideal for research use.

E-Mail: sales@ turnerdesigns.com

Web: info@ videoray.com