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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS ¯ NOVACAVI ¯ Verlume ¯ Sonardyne ¯ NOVACAVI Hybrid Umbilical tinuous power. summer of 2026 to provide baseline data

Powers AI Robot • Axonn – An intelligent energy for a duration of two years before the

NOVACAVI has been chosen to design management system that autonomously transportation and storage of captured and manufacture a hybrid buoyant um- monitors and controls power delivery CO2 commences. The seabed landers bilical that will drive an AI-guided de- subsea, ensuring system stability. Axo- will be equipped with Sonardyne’s Edge molition robot during the rehabilitation nn is the only system of its kind avail- data processing application, power man- of Dock 7 at the Port of Trieste. able in the market. agement and acoustic through-water

The arm-equipped robot will remove This announcement coincides with communications to enable long-term, deteriorated concrete using high- Verlume’s participation in the Innovate remote battery-operated deployment. pressure hydro-demolition while pro- UK Global Business Innovation Pro- Each lander will also contain a suite of tecting the underlying steel structure. gram, an initiative designed to connect hardware including Sonardyne’s Origin

Reliable power, control and real-time UK innovators with Canadian partners 600 ADCP, Wavefront’s passive sonar data transmission will be delivered in the marine sector. Over a ten-month array and multiple third-party sensors. through NOVACAVI’s hybrid buoyant period working with COVE (Centre Together, this technology can detect cable. Wrapped in a hydrolysis- and for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneur- small changes in water chemistry across

UV-resistant matt polyurethane (PUR) ship, Canada’s hub for marine sector a wide area, while the data can be har- sheath, the cable combines lightness, innovation), Verlume has built valu- vested, without retrieving the lander, us- buoyancy and rugged durability—ide- able connections with market leaders, ing wireless subsea acoustic communi- al for demanding marine infrastruc- potential clients, and partners, gaining cation techniques.

ture projects. deep insights into the Canadian operat- ing landscape. ¯ Kongsberg Discovery Starts AUV ¯ Verlume Appoints Valor Ocean Production in the US

Technology ¯ Sonardyne Wins Contract Kongsberg Discovery has decided to

Verlume, a leader in subsea batteries Sonardyne has been contracted by start production of HUGIN, an autono- and power management systems, has the Northern Endurance Partnership mous underwater vehicle, in the U.S. appointed Valor Ocean Technologies (NEP), the developer of the onshore This decision re