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OceanAlpha’s new 24-meter-class V180 USV–ROV system integrates a DP2-enabled offshore USV with a work-class ROV.

for its ecoSUB Robotics AUVs. Using Sonardyne’s small- est navigator, SPRINT-Nav U, on ecoSUB’s low-logistics

AUVs, Njord Survey is expecting that deployment at scale will enable parallel operations, reducing vessel dependency, logistics, cost and time. Combining detection and veri? cation and allowing re-tasking, with the same easily transportable

Autoship MR Sept2024.indd 1 7/18/2024 2:42:53 PM platforms, also means surveys can be delivered faster and more ? exibly, without compromising data quality.

Iain Vincent, Director & General Manager, at ecoSUB

Robotics, says, “With SPRINT-Nav U providing reliable, survey-grade navigation into our one-person-portable

AUVs, we’ve been able to move from standard, o? -the-shelf designs to a more engineered, project-focused approach.

This means creating vehicles that can carry high-quality payloads, operate independently and adapt to evolving cus- tomer needs. Together with Njord survey, we’re transform- ing small AUVs into scalable, primary survey platforms.”

Eni and Fincantieri subsidiary IDS – Ingegneria dei Sistemi have partnered on the commercialization of Clean Sea, Eni’s proprietary underwater robotic system designed to monitor marine ecosystems and subsea infrastructure. The agreement initially focuses on inspection work for subsea carbon cap- ture and storage projects. Clean Sea is based on hybrid ROV/

AUV system that can be used in remote-controlled form, from a support vessel or in fully autonomous mode.

The system incorporates interchangeable modular payloads which combine instruments and sensors tailored to speci? c monitoring and inspection tasks—including water sampling, detailed visual analysis and 3D acoustic reconstructions. The technology will be integrated with various autonomous plat-

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