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PEOPLE & COMPANY ¯ Sercel ¯ PGZ Naval Shipyard

Caspers, PhD, will join as Director of started deploying this mix of Sercel land system into the Polish Navy’s new sal-

Acoustics. Bordonaro brings over 30 and shallow-water nodes on geothermal vage and rescue vessel, Ratownik.

years of experience in acoustic signal surveys in Amsterdam, with additional Scheduled to be completed in late processing and autonomous systems, projects planned across Europe in 2026. 2029, Ratownik will become one of the including senior leadership roles at the This milestone for seismic acquisition largest ships in the Polish Navy’s ? eet,

Naval Undersea Warfare Center where demonstrates the adaptability of Ser- playing a role in the protection of criti- he served as Chief Scientist for the Sen- cel’s technology to a wide range of ter- cal underwater infrastructure (CUI) in sors and Sonar Department and led tor- rain and operational complexities. the Baltic Sea, and responding to dis- pedo guidance and control development. At the heart of this success is Sercel’s abled submarines in both territorial and

Terms of the acquisition were not dis- QuietSeis MEMS sensor technology, international waters.

closed. This announcement comes on which delivers increased data quality and This award follows a study completed the heels of Vatn's $60 million Series ensures full compatibility between land by JFD Global in 2019 to undertake pre-

A fundraising announcement, and their and ocean bottom node data. Thanks to engineering of the vessel and assess the ? rst international sale to Singapore's a single, integrated digital architecture, feasibility of integrating such a complex

Defense Science and Technology Agen- seismic operators can deploy Sercel nodes technical solution.

cy (DSTA), where the company is sup- across onshore and offshore environ- During the design and construction porting the enhancement of Singapore's ments while continuing to achieve con- phase of Ratownik, JFD Global will national defense with scalable, next- sistent high-quality data standards. This utilize its combined submarine rescue generation underwater capabilities. uni? ed approach eliminates recording and saturation diving expertise to enable format discrepancies, simpli? es process- seamless integration with the vessel’s ¯ Smart Seismic Solutions Selects ing work? ows, and delivers uninterrupted systems. This will ensure rapid deploy-

Sercel Node Solutions for Energy data continuity from acquisition to inter- ment in the event of an incident.

pretation — a clear advantage for com- JFD Global will integrate the NATO

Exploration

Sercel has supplied Smart Seismic So- plex hybrid onshore-offshore surveys. Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) lutions (S3) with a comprehensive nodal onto Ratownik, a system which it has seismic acquisition solution for multiple ¯ JFD Global Awarded Contract managed since 2015, providing a 24/7 energy exploration projects in Europe. to Provide Deep Saturation Diving, global submarine rescue service. This

The order equips Smart Seismic Solu- Submarine Rescue Capability to In-Service Support contract includes the tions with an additional capability of Polish Navy maintenance and operation of the sys- 4,000 WiNG DFU land nodes and 450 James Fisher (JFD Global), a global tem to ensure it is in a rescue ready state

GPR300 ocean bottom nodes and marks provider of specialist marine and defense on behalf of the French, Norwegian and the ? rst large-scale deployment of Ser- solutions, has secured a contract with Royal Navies. JFD Global ensures the cel’s land and marine nodal technolo- PGZ Stocznia Wojenna. The agreement system is kept mission-ready and can be gies on the same seismic surveys. will see JFD Global integrate a com- mobilized at speed to reach a disabled

Smart Seismic Solutions has already bined, hyperbaric and saturation diving submarine anywhere in the world.

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