Edge Tech presents a new sonar frequency combination ideally suited for shallow water Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV). The new 850kHz and 1600kHz dual frequency combination provides high resolution side scan sonar imagery at both frequencies and optional bathymetry at 850kHz.
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Picotech has launched the PicoMB130 Surf, the world’s smallest integrated multibeam echosounder, delivering superior quality survey data from an ultracompact unit. The PicoMB-130 features: Integrated multibeam echosounder, Applanix POS MV GNSS+IMU, and SVS with optionalacquisition PC, and autopilot, in the smallest form factor. Rugged fully overmolded digital transducers immune to galvanic corrosion. Ultralow power consumption for long endurance on
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Sonardyne International Ltd. has demonstrated technologies that will aid autonomous vehicle operations in challenging environments under a project funded by the U.K.’s national Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). Working with a 12 m-long SEA-KIT X USV, Sonardyne tested and validated sensors already used by UUVs for deployment on USVs in support of missions in coastal waters. Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav hybrid inertial
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Elbit Systems has integrated the Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar for Unmanned Surface Vessels (TRAPS-USV) with its Seagull USV. The sea trials included several deployment and recovery cycles, towing at different speeds and transmission at various power levels.
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Fugro now has a strategic partnership with SEA-KIT International, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. SEA-KIT will work with Fugro to develop a new range of agile and compact USVs that can deploy ROVs and AUVs for marine asset inspections. The first USVs will be launched before the end of this year, and a larger USV model is being designed
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On March 6, 2020, two Saildrone USVs completed the first autonomous passage of the Strait of Gibraltar. The 31-nautical mile (58-km) passage between Europe and Africa is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The Strait of Gibraltar is only 7 nm (13 km) across at its narrowest and 23.7 nm (44 km) at its widest. Approximately 300 ships
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