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COMPANY & PRODUCT NOTES ¯ OSIL Buoy Charts New Waters ¯ EIVA, Tuco Team ¯ Sea? oor Mapping Project ¯ SMD, Beam Team mate change. Coiba Island is part of the sensor providers Sonardyne and Wave-

Underwater technology and services marine corridor of the tropical eastern front Systems, as well as Forcys.

company, SMD, and deep technol- Paci? c, and regularly sees large congre- ogy company, Beam, are mobilizing gations of different migratory marine ¯ Sea? oor Mapping Project autonomous vehicles in harsh offshore species. The buoy will continuously Fugro is expanding its role in the Flor- environments using Beam’s Path? nder monitor parameters that are crucial to ida Sea? oor Mapping Initiative (FSMI), software. Having purchased SMD’s critical migratory events. The 1.2m sys- a multi-year effort by the Florida De-

Quantum EV, Beam plans to mount its tem is equipped with two multiparame- partment of Environmental Protection innovative subsea perception system, ter sondes (one at the surface and anoth- (DEP) to map the state’s sea? oor for im-

SubSLAM - running its Path? nder soft- er at a depth of 10m) that measure up to proved coastal resilience, infrastructure ware - to the vehicle, enabling AI-driven 20 environmental parameters including planning, and environmental protection. autonomous piloting in deeper, harsher temperature, salinity, sound velocity, Building on its previous award of 14,000 waters. dissolved oxygen, pH and Chlorophyll square kilometers of airborne lidar data

By combining SubSLAM’s localiza- a, and a current pro? ler. for the FSMI, Fugro is now conduct- tion, AI and mapping technology with ing vessel-based surveys across 42,000

Quantum EV’s exceptional high-current ¯ EIVA, Tuco Team square kilometers offshore Florida. This performance, is aimed at improving the A new partnership between EIVA and new data acquisition campaign covers ef? ciency of offshore wind farm main- Tuco Marine will provide integrated au- ? ve of the six Florida DEP program tenance. tonomous systems for inspecting sub- regions, including the entire Atlantic

Simon Adams, Program Director at sea assets, such as cables transporting Coast, the Florida Keys, and portions

Beam, said: “By moving towards auton- renewable energy. EIVA, a developer of the Gulf Coast. Initially launched in omous vehicles for inspection and main- of software and equipment for survey- Q4 2024 with a single survey vessel, tenance missions, we cut operational ing below the water’s surface and Tuco the project has rapidly scaled to a multi- costs and improve overall ef? ciency. Marine, producers of unmanned surface vessel operation. Field activities are be-

These inspections also require less man- vessels (USVs) have announced they ing managed using Fugro’s innovative power, which is critical in an industry are now working together to provide an VirGeo platform, which provides real- facing a workforce shortage.” integrated system solution. The ProZero time project tracking and quality control 8m Naval Intelligence USV by Tuco information to both Fugro and Florida ¯ OSIL Buoy Charts New Waters Marine sails to an area of interest and DEP.

Ocean Scienti? c International Ltd. launches the remotely operated towed (OSIL) manufactured a pioneering vehicle (ROTV) ViperFish by EIVA. ¯ NWBMS X Multibeam Sonar oceanographic data buoy system, the ViperFish is a sensor platform for high- NORBIT Subsea introduced the ? rst of its kind in the Central American resolution seabed imaging, as well as WBMS X, the latest addition to its

Paci? c coast. The buoy system will be mapping depth and magnetic signals multibeam sonar family. This compact used as a ? oating laboratory platform to monitor subsea assets. The quality system is designed with ? exibility, built and has been installed in the Parque of data delivered with this system also to tackle the most complex survey chal-

Nacional Coiba in Panama for the Es- bene? ts from positioning and imaging lenges. To that, the WBMS X can be tación Cientí? ca Coiba (COIBA AIP) to sensor technologies thanks to partner- customized to ? t any operational envi- assist with the study and conservation ships within the Covelya Group. EIVA’s ronment. WBMS X standard bundles of marine diversity and monitoring cli- sister companies in this group include come with integrated Applanix or SBG 44 January/February 2025

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