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Courtesy Sonardyne International

High-precision Sonardyne subsea sensors are being used as part of a wider observation network to monitor tectonic plate activity. duction of autonomous surface vessels failure, the AvTrak 6 will also act as an communication are not point-to-point (ASVs) will represent a culture change, emergency locator beacon, going into connections, but that they rely on multi- with operator safety cases relying on re- standby mode to save its independent ple systems working together, operating dundancy and fallback systems to con- battery, and it will wake up and respond in different mediums and changeable trol vessels in the event of satellite navi- to interrogations from any Sonardyne environments and with varying band- gation failure or error. Other challenges 6G system. widths across the internet, linked via