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MTRMTR systems, seabed sensor carriers and ? shery research equip- ment, allied with a substantial investment in green initiatives such as ocean farming for climate-friendly food production.

The company’s Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) ‘informa- tion highway,’ meanwhile, can allow shore-based teams to remotely interact with AUVs and USVs in underwater opera- tions such as pipeline surveying, mine hunting or bathymetric surveying, with no loss of real-time package data.

Recent months have seen a number of subsea developments for KM. The new LARS solution transforms launch and re- covery of the HUGIN range of AUVs on high-freeboard ves-

Kongsberg Maritime sels in high sea states. Sited amidships, LARS releases and

Horten, Norway – km.kongsberg.com captures AUVs below the surface, away from the splash zone.

This reduces the risk of damage by weather or the launch ves-

Kongsberg Maritime’s (KM) has an extensive and var- sel, frees up aft deck space and increases crew safety by re- ied subsea product and service portfolio, a subsidiary of the moving the need to work over the stern. The HUGIN Superior 206-year-old KONGSBERG Group. KM’s products, systems AUV is now equipped with a next-generation HISAS synthet- and services cover all industry sectors, from subsea, offshore, ic aperture sonar and can cover up to 4.5 square km per hour. naval and merchant market segments to ? shing, aquaculture, Rated to depths of 6,000m, HUGIN Superior carries up to 10 exploration and scienti? c research categories. A drive to cre- environmental payload sensors and boasts adaptive in-mission ate collaborative, ethical and easily applicable solutions which autonomy which reacts to its surroundings. In another recent simultaneously cut costs, increase operational ef? ciency and endorsement, the Finnish Navy has contracted KM to supply enhance personnel safety is matched with a ? rm corporate its hull-mounted SS2030 and over-the-side SD9500 Anti-Sub- commitment to engender and support sustainable, environ- marine Warfare and diver detection sonars for the new Pohjan- mentally-responsible technologies and working practices. maa-class corvettes. Suited for deployment in shallow waters

Key projects and concepts which embody this pledge in a sub- with minimal reverberation, the sonars’ intelligent tracking surface context include the company’s ongoing work in the algorithms enable them to conduct volumetric survey tasks in realms of AUVs, multibeam echo sounders, subsea mapping addition to detecting objects in the water column.

MacArtney Group

Esbjerg, Denmark – www.macartney.com

MacArtney has been carrying on a prosperous business for more than 40 years and is a privately owned corpora- tion with group headquarters in Esbjerg on the west coast of

Denmark. From the head of? ce, MacArtney has been pro- viding logistical, technical, ? nancial and marketing support to all of the Group companies since 1978.

The MacArtney Group is a global supplier of underwater technology systems, products and integrated solutions spe- cializing in design, manufacturing, sales and after-sales ser- vice of a wide range of systems to offshore oil and gas oper- systems, electric CORMAC and MERMAC winches, han- ators, surveyors, the renewable energy sector, ocean science dling and LARS systems including the all-new, all-electric institutes and defense and navy industries across the world. eLARS. The MacArtney range of fast and precise remotely

The company offers an extensive variety of advanced and operated towed vehicles (ROTV) includes the MacArtney reliable products and system solutions which are designed FOCUS 2, FOCUS 3 and TRIAXUS vehicles. MacArtney and tested to supply high quality, ef? ciency and depend- also designs and manufactures CEMAC offshore cable han- able performance in challenging underwater environments. dling equipment intended for pipeline and cable-laying de-

MacArtney supplies include SubConn, OptoLink, Trust- ployment. Moreover, MacArtney supplies a versatile range

Link and GreenLink connectivity, cable and termination of LUXUS underwater cameras, lights, media controllers solutions, advanced NEXUS and EMO ? bre optic telemetry and accessories.

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