Six AUVs Dive Simultaneously at 5,000+ Meter Depths
a world’s first for this type of vehicle. The 6,000m rated vehicles were launched on October 18, each with an independent mission that surpassed water depths of 5,200 meters, collecting MBES data for an undisclosed client. Figure 1 – created within the custom mission planning software InfinityView, developed by 4D Nav – shows each AUV’s mission as observed by operators onboard the 115-meter multiple purposes offshore vessel Seabed Constructor. Recovery of the AUVs began on the evening of October 19. Having completed sea trials in late
Ocean Infinity Buys Two Additional USVs
said it will continue to use the USVs for positioning and monitoring of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); HUGIN 6000 with IP mesh radio. The acquisition brings the autonomous vehicle fleet to a total of 16; with eight AUVs and eight USVs. The autonomous vehicles will use InfinityView, a mission planning software, for individual missions allowing for simultaneous operations while in the water. The USV and AUV systems are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2017. Prior to delivery, Ocean Infinity will begin sea trials on the simultaneous operation of multiple autonomous vehicles
Ocean Infinity Awards Software Contract to 4D Nav
will dynamically update the mission plan to allow corrective decisions to be made and executed. “This software is imperative in the coordination and monitoring of the multiple autonomous vehicles that will operate in the ocean simultaneously. 4D Nav’s experience and proven mission planning software, gives us confidence in the success of InfinityView,” said Jake Klara, Ocean Infinity commercial manager. 4D Nav’s managing partner, Stewart Cannon, said, “I believe this operation will be a game-changer in the seabed exploration world and points toward the future
Ohmex Presents New ASV Control Box at OI
held in the London Excel venue. The same ASV (Autonomous Surface Vessel) control box was demonstrated live at the show with the larger Echoboat designed for oceanographic applications. The demonstration, held in the adjacent London Docklands, showed the complete sequence of mission planning software, vessel launch/deployment, hydrographic data acquisition, live tracking and finally vessel recovery with data retrieval. Visiting the show, Muneer Hassan, sales manager of UK Leica distributor SCCS, commented that their existing rental HyDrone “had been busy since its
Floating, Flying Robots to Assist S&R.Operations
(USVs) and Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), was successfully tested and demonstrated at CMRE during the ICARUS 2014 sea trials. Existing technologies have been improved to strengthen resilience, and new developments include robotic vehicles that can deploy autonomous lifesaving capsules, using mission planning software, new sensors and new data acquisition capabilities to detect and track survivors. CMRE has world-leading expertise in maritime robotics and target recognition. In the framework of the ICARUS project, the Centre is collaborating with INESC (Laboratory of Microgrids and Electric Vehicles
Metron Get Navy R&D LDUUV Contract
The Department of Defense award Metron Inc. a contract for development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV). Metron, Inc., of Reston, Va.,is being awarded a $7,287,619 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to include in-lab integration and testing of autonomy and mission planning software with bench test hardware selected for deployment on the LDUUV. This one-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $18,317,018. Work will be performed in Reston, Va., (80 percent)
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