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Navy Awards Contract for Columbia Class Submarine Development
The Navy awarded a $5.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Integrated…
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Total, Chevron Team up in Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration
Total announced that its subsidiary, TOTAL E&P USA, INC., has entered into an agreement…
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Machines Infused with AI that Fly, Swarm and Dive
Can mimicking insect behavior provide a way to map the ocean floor? Can robotic-controlled…
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GeoSphere: Mapping-while-drilling Evolution
Logging-while-drilling (LWD) technologies have evolved significantly in the past decade.
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Hawaiki Transpacific Cable Set for Installation
The undersea fiber-optic cable and equipment for the 14,000 km Hawaiki transpacific…
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General Dynamics Delivers Submarine Colorado
General Dynamics Electric Boat delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Colorado (SSN 788) to the U.S. Navy. The 15th…
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Weakened Maria Could Regain Major Hurricane Status -NHC
Maria, which weakened into a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, could regain major hurricane status by Thursday, the U.S.
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Case Study: High Accuracy Survey under Bridges
The vessel Spreegrund, property of WSA Berlin, has been equipped by MBT, part of MacArtney group, with state-of- the-art…
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Orders an ROV
National Aeronautics Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has placed an order for an unmanned underwater…
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Wreck of WWI German U-boat Sub Found off Belgium
The well-preserved wreck of a World War One German submarine, possibly still containing the bodies of its 23 crew members…
Latest news
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Moog Focal Introduces a New Optical Transceiver
Moog Focal has launched its new 4 Gbps, pressure tolerant (PT) small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver as part…
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Phoenix Hires Long, Turner in Manager Roles
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that Matthew Long has joined the company as General Manager (GM) of its Largo, Md.
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Aquabotix Adds New Global Distributors
UUV Aquabotix Ltd has added Deekay Marine Services, Pvt. Ltd as an exclusive representative for Aquabotix in India. A provider…
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CTG Introduces New Non-contact Algae System
A new Algae-Station Non-Contact system from water quality sensor designer Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) will be launched…
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Ping DSP Releases MBES Mode Bathymetry Software
Aiming to raise the bar for shallow water mapping and imaging, Ping DSP has introduced its new MBES Bathymetry Engine. With…
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Curtiss-Wright Winch Systems for US Navy Sonar
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has been selected by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems to provide its winch…
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Polarcus Wins Broadband 3D Project in Asia Pacific
Polarcus Limited said it has received a Letter of Award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Asia Pacific. The project…
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Kraken Bags $1.6 Mln Contract
Kraken Robotics Inc. said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract worth more…
Offshore Energy
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Aker Solutions Wins Troll FEED Contract With EPCI Option From Statoil
Aker Solutions said it has won a contract from Statoil for front end engineering and design of a module that will increase output at Troll…
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BP Restores Power at Thunder Horse Platform after Outage
BP restored power at its Thunder Horse platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, according to a statement to Reuters Wednesday.
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Hopes Lifted for Norway-Scotland Power Cable Project
The prospects for a planned 1.4 gigawatt (GW) power interconnector linking Norway and Scotland have improved following the…
Hydrographic
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Oceanscan Invests in Applanix Multibeam and INS
Swathe Services announced that Oceanscan has recently made a significant investment for an R2Sonic 2022 digital wideband…
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Teledyne CARIS Names Codevintec as Italian Distributor
Marine mapping software developer Teledyne CARIS said it has selected Codevintec as a software distributor for Italy, the Adriatic countries…
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Fugro to Open ‘Hydrography Center of Excellence’
Fugro has announced plans to establish a Hydrography Center of Excellence for the Americas, utilizing specialist resources…
Ocean Observation News
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New York Noise: A Risk for Endangered Whales
Noise in New York has always grated on people and now, with the cacophony engulfing surrounding waters, it is threatening…
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RTsys Deploys Acoustic Buoys in Europe
Buoys equipped with acoustic recorders are used to evaluate the level of noise on wind farms in Germany. Calculation in real time…
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US Navy Buoys into the Arctic Ocean
The U.S National Ice Center (USNIC) in coordination with the Office of Naval Research, Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy…
Subsea Defense
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Norsafe, Kongsberg to Develop USV in Joint Initiative
Norsafe said it has been working alongside Kongsberg to develop an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to act as a combined autonomous…
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Expendable Unmanned Vehicle for Mine Countermeasures
ECA Group said it has delivered a full scale development of an integrated solution for mine counter measure as part of a…
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BMT Debuts VENARI-85 MCM Concept Design
BMT has launched VENARI-85, a new mine countermeasure (MCM) concept design said it be capable of clearing mines faster over…
Vehicle News
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Kraken Sonar Changes Its Name to Kraken Robotics
Kraken Sonar Inc. has changed its name from Kraken Sonar Inc. to Kraken Robotics Inc., reflecting its evolution from manufacturing…
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M2 Subsea Unveils Purpose-built ROV Test Tank
Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services provider M2 Subsea has recently commissioned a purpose-built tank for testing ROVs…
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Torgersen Joins Phoenix International
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that John Torgersen has joined the company as its new Quality Management Systems…
New Products
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TE SubCom Launches New NOC Solution
TE Connectivity Ltd. company TE SubCom has launched a new global network operations center (NOC) solution designed to provide…
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FarSounder Overlays S-57 & S-63 Charts
FarSounder’s SonaSoft software’s latest release has been upgraded to be compatible with S-57 and S-63 Charts. Anyone using…
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Liquid Robotics Debuts Next Generation Wave Glider
Long-duration unmanned surface vehicles manufacturer Liquid Robotics has rolled out its next generation Wave Glider, featuring…
