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SubSeaSail G6 Platform Passes the Test
The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
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Environmental DNA Emerging in the Ocean Science Community
There is a new buzzword in the ocean science/sensing community. The word is eDNA…
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Greensea’s New Ship Hull Crawler Tech Launches with VideoRay Defender ROV
Greensea introduces a new hull crawler that easily attaches a Remotely Operated Vehicle…
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Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2020 Canceled
The 2020 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) has been canceled due to the coronavirus…
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Kraken Debuts Ultra High Def Upgrade for AquaPix Imaging Sonars
Kraken Robotics Inc. announced it has achieved a practical resolution of 2 cm with…
Latest news
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Schmidt Offers Online Educational Content for Students
As millions of school age children transition their education to home classrooms in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic…
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New Senior Exec Team for ROV Specialist Rovco
Rovco, a provider of remotely operating vehicles (ROV), has announced several key executive teams hires and internal appointments…
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GeoSpectrum Launches TRAPS-USV
GeoSpectrum Technologies has launched a new and compact version of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) suitable…
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Remotely Operated Vehicles: Thinking out of the Box
All electric systems are starting to free companies from the traditional strict form factors that ROVs traditionally take.
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Kongsberg Develops New LARS for HUGIN AUVs
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime has developed a new LARS (Launch and Recovery System) solution for its HUGIN range of Autonomous…
Offshore Energy
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Tidal Power Firm gets Funding from Scottish Gov't
Tidal energy developer MeyGen Ltd has been awarded a £1.545 million grant from the Scottish Government's Saltire Tidal Energy…
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Fugro, Sea-Kit in Uncrewed Surface Vessel Team-Up
Dutch offshore survey company Fugro has teamed up with SEA-KIT, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, to develop a…
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Aker Solutions Bags 20-Year Deal with Chevron in Gulf of Mexico
Norway's Aker Solutions has entered a master agreement to provide umbilicals for Chevron-operated oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Hydrographic
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Mapping the Ikaite Columns of the Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland
Ikka Fjord in SW Greenland is the only known place in the World where the rare carbonate mineral ‘Ikaite’ (named after the…
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iXblue, ThayerMahan in Unmanned Surface Vessel Pact
ThayerMahan, a company specializing in autonomous maritime security solutions has partnered up with iXblue, a company specializing in navigation…
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SBG Systems' INS Chosen for Shom Fleet
Shom, the French national hydrographic and oceanographic office selected SBG Systems’ inertial navigation sytems to renew their whole fleet of INS.
Ocean News
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Deep-Sea Coral Gardens, Graveyards Discovered Off Australia
Bremer Canyon Marine Park is already known as a biodiversity hotspot for marine species such as whales and dolphins, however…
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OSIL: Surge in Snow Catcher Demand
Global interest in Marine Snow Catchers for carbon and nutrient cycle studies has been steadily increasing in recent years…
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Seiche Unveils Acoustic Monitoring Technology
Seiche has launched a digital hydrophone developed in partnership with UK-based multinational defense technology company QinetiQ.
Subsea Defense
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Phoenix Bags $97m SUPSALV Contract
Phoenix International Holdings Inc. (Phoenix) won a $97 million (maximum value) contract to provide diving and diving related…
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Huntington Ingalls Industries to Acquire Hydroid
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Hydroid Inc., a provider…
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Shearwater GeoServices Bags Gambia 3D Gig
The provider of 3D marine seismic data, imaging products, and data processing software solutions, Shearwater Geoservices…
Vehicle News
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Stinger Prepping Kawasaki's SPICE AUV
Japanese industrial giant Kawasaki Heavy Industries has contracted the Norwegian underwater drone specialist Stinger, to…
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HII Completes Hydroid Acquisition
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has closed its acquisition of Hydroid Inc.In conjunction with the transaction, HII and…
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Electric Motor Selection for Underwater Vehicles: Considerations of Partial Load Efficiency
It is easy to appreciate why permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are popular for use in underwater vehicles (UVs).
New Products
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Copenhagen Subsea Debuts the Gorilla ROV
Copenhagen Subsea launched a new powerful Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), specifically developed for the offshore industry.
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Kongsberg Upgrades Its Multibeam Echosounder
Kongsberg Maritime has released two new state-of-the-art features on its EM 2040 MKII multibeam echosounder. The first enables…
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RBR Introduces RBRquartz³ BPR|zero
The RBRquartz³ BPR|zero is a special version of the robust RBRquartz³ BPR implementing an internal quartz barometer and switching valve.
