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UFO App Logs Mysterious Underwater Sightings

Enigma, a popular UFO reporting app, monitors unusual aerial activity. However, they also receive reports of objects emerging…
EU-Backed Project Deploys OTEC Demonstration Unit off Canary Islands

A new storm-resistant ocean energy prototype has been installed off the coast of Gran Canaria, developed under the EU’s Horizon…
Japanese Firms Join Forces to Mass-Produce Smalls USVs for Maritime Ops

NYK’s Group company Keihin Dock has signed a joint demonstration agreement with Oceanic Constellations (OC), an ocean-tech startup…
First Export Cable Laid at Scotland’s 1.1GW Offshore Wind Farm

Enshore Subsea has installed the first of two offshore export cables at Inch Cape offshore wind farm, using the CMOS Installer…

Offshore Energy

Venterra Rolls Out V-LiDAR Fleet for Offshore Wind Surveys

Offshore wind services group Venterra has launched the V-LiDAR, a global fleet of advanced dual LiDAR buoys designed and manufactured in the U.K., aimed at advancing offshore wind measurement capabilities.The launch of the fleet follows $13.3 million investment, and mark the culmination of a two-year project drawing on expertise from across Venterra’s nine specialist companies.Developed by Venterra subsidiary Partrac and built by engineering firm Osbit at its new Port of Blyth facility…

Hydrographic

Terradepth Achieves IHO Special Order Standard for Seabed Mapping Accuracy

Terradepth, a seabed information company, successfully completed an IHO S-44 Special Order survey with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). This achievement meets one of the most stringent international standards for hydrographic accuracy. The survey took place in approximately 80 meters of water, 60 miles offshore in the Gulf of America, a region affected by hurricanes and subsea infrastructure development.

Ocean News

Microscopic Wave Machine Mimics Ocean Waves

Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland have made a microscopic “ocean” on a silicon chip to miniaturise the study of wave dynamics.The device, made at UQ’s School of Mathematics and Physics, uses a layer of superfluid helium only a few millionths of a millimetre thick on a chip smaller than a grain of rice.Dr Christopher Baker said it was the world’s smallest wave tank, with the quantum properties of superfluid helium allowing it to flow without resistance…

Subsea Defense

Women Navy Divers Meet Same Standards as Men

On March 14, 1975, 22-year-old Californian woman Donna Tobias graduated from the US Navy Second Class Dive School to become the first woman deepsea diver in the Navy.Marking the 50th anniversary of women’s integration into the US Navy Diving community, the Association of Women Navy Divers highlights that over 300 women have now graduated from the Navy’s schools.The society recounts that this happened…

Vehicle News

FET Books Two Work-Class ROV Order from Nigerian Oil and Gas Firm

Forum Energy Technologies’ (FET) subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two of its new generation work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLX EVO III, to Nigerian oil and gas firm Marine Platforms (MPL).The contract win marks the first sale of FET’s XLX EVO III, which is an ultra-heavy-duty ROV.Designed to undertake a broad spectrum of underwater tasks, the 4000 m ROVs will be…

New Products

Fincantieri Launches Underwater Drone

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri on Thursday unveiled its first underwater drone system, as the group changes its product mix to give more space to the increasingly profitable submarine business.The underwater drone, for both military and civil needs, is designed for the protection and maintenance of critical underwater infrastructure - such as pipelines, electrical cables and telecommunications ones.

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Down Under

Lander Lab: Cost Efficiency of Baited Ocean Landers

50 Years of Women in Navy Diving: Advancing Opportunity in Tandem with Technology

Subsea Compression and the Ormen Lange Moon Landing

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UFO App Logs Mysterious Underwater Sightings

EU-Backed Project Deploys OTEC Demonstration Unit off Canary Islands

Japanese Firms Join Forces to Mass-Produce Smalls USVs for Maritime Ops

First Export Cable Laid at Scotland’s 1.1GW Offshore Wind Farm

Venterra Rolls Out V-LiDAR Fleet for Offshore Wind Surveys

Fugro Wraps Up Geotech Survey for Orsted’s OW Project in South Korea

China’s Ming Yang Unveils Plans for 50MW Ultra-Large Floating Wind Turbine

Indeximate Demos Cable Health Monitoring Tech on RWE Subsea Cables

Terradepth Achieves IHO Special Order Standard for Seabed Mapping Accuracy

Microscopic Wave Machine Mimics Ocean Waves

Sonardyne Technology Selected for New Oceanographic Research Vessels

NOAA Invests $95M in Mid-Life Vessel Renovation

Kongsberg Maritime Celebrates 10 years of Rim-Drive Thruster Technology

Women Navy Divers Meet Same Standards as Men

VideoRay Relies on Nortek DVLs for High-Stakes Missions

Deeply Innovative: Drivers in Subsea Defense

Helsing to Acquire Australian AUV Specialist Blue Ocean

FET Books Two Work-Class ROV Order from Nigerian Oil and Gas Firm

Fincantieri, Defcomm to Jointly Advance Naval Units and Surface Drones

AI is Boosting Operational Autonomy

University of Gothenburg to Buy New AUV

Fincantieri Launches Underwater Drone

Autonomous Temperature-Sensing Technology Monitors Snow, Ice Conditions

New Scour Protection Installed at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

Sofar Ocean Launches Wayfinder Voyage Simulator Planning Tool

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First High-Tech Exploration of Argentina’s Mar del Plata Canyon Inspires Millions

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