Kraken Robotics Secures Order for AquaPix MINSAS System for HII's REMUS 620 Medium Class UUV
Canadian marine robotics specialist Kraken Robotics has received an initial order for its AquaPix Miniature Synthetic Aperture Sonar (MINSAS) System for HII’s new REMUS 620 Medium Class UUV. "Synthetic Aperture Sonar is quickly becoming the tool of choice for mine countermeasure (MCM) operations due to its significantly increased resolution and higher area coverage rates compared to legacy side scan sonar," Kraken Robotics said.This order is valued at $1 million and will be fulfilled in 2024. The end users of these new REMUS 620 systems with Kraken MINSAS are teams led by
HII’s New Medium Class UUV sports Kraken SAS
Kraken Robotics said its AquaPix Miniature Synthetic Aperture Sonar (MINSAS) System has been selected as the standard payload offering on HII’s new REMUS 620 Medium Class UUV. HII selected the Kraken Aquapix MINSAS-60 and MINSAS-120 as the standard imagery sonar options due to the Kraken’s combination of performance and versatility to suit a wide range of customer needs at a commercially competitive price, said Duane Fotheringham, President of Mission Technologies’ Unmanned Systems business, HII, in an interview with Marine Technology Reporter for it December 2022 edition.
Kraken Scores a Pair of Contract Wins
Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF) announced an order for 1,000-meter rated AquaPix MINSAS 60 sonar from a new South Korean customer for use in a military application. The order is valued at $300,000 and will be delivered in 2022. Due to customer confidentiality, Kraken cannot provide more details at this time.Kraken’s AquaPix MINSAS is an off the shelf configurable SAS which replaces high end sidescan systems at an affordable price, while delivering significantly higher resolution, range, and area coverage rates (ACR). The increased range and resolution and associated higher ACR of
Kraken Receives $765K Sensor Order
Kraken Robotics announced an order for an AquaPix MINSAS 120 sonar system from a "Fortune 500 company" with activities in the defense sector. Total contract value is approximately $765,000. This is a new Kraken customer and due to the nature of this customer’s business, Kraken cannot disclose further details. The company expects to fulfill this order in Q1/2022.
Kraken Receives Order for AquaPix Sonar from AUV Manufacturer
Canadian marine technology company Kraken Robotics Inc. announced it has received an order for a 3,000-meter rated AquaPix MINSAS 120 Synthetic Aperture Sonar from an American autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) manufacturer. The contract value is $0.5 million and delivery to the customer is expected in 2021.Since March of this year, Kraken has received orders for AquaPix MINSAS 120 Synthetic Aperture Sonars from customers in the U.S., Europe and Australia for integration onto three different AUV platforms.To date, Kraken has seen its AquaPix sensors integrated on 20 unique underwater vehicle platforms
Kraken to Equip New AUV Customer with AquaPix Sonar and SeaPower Batteries
Canadian marine technology company Kraken Robotics Inc. announced new purchase orders for a 6,000-meter rated AquaPix MINSAS 120 sonar and SeaPower batteries totaling over $1.2 million from a new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) customer. Due to customer confidentiality, Kraken cannot provide more details at this time. The company expects to fulfill these orders in 2021.Kraken’s batteries and sensors will be integrated on this customer’s survey-grade AUV and this order follows initial integration and sea trials of Kraken’s AquaPix MINSAS in 2020. Kraken’s AquaPix MINSAS is
Kraken Debuts Ultra High Def Upgrade for AquaPix Imaging Sonars
Kraken Robotics Inc. announced it has achieved a practical resolution of 2 cm with a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS), Kraken’s AquaPix MINSAS.“For demanding subsea survey missions in mine countermeasures, infrastructure monitoring and oil & gas exploration; data quality is of the essence," said Karl Kenny, Kraken’s President & CEO. "The sensor that gets the job done most effectively is one that combines Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) imagery with an extremely high area coverage rate. Kraken’s latest development, the next
Kraken Reports Contracts Worth $2.8 Million
currently expects another battery order from this customer in the third quarter of this year.An existing defense industry customer is acquiring additional SeaPower This is the customer’s third order of Kraken batteries.An existing customer, a large defense contractor, is acquiring another AquaPix MINSAS sensor.An existing Canadian commercial customer contracted Kraken for further offshore asset inspection using Kraken’s SeaVision laser scanning services.An existing commercial customer contracted Kraken for offshore support.Due to report finalized fourth quarter and full year 2019 results
US Navy to Evaluate Kraken's AquaPix MINSAS
(FCT) program in support of a U.S. Navy Program of Record managed by the Naval Sea Systems Command, EOD Program Office. The FCT is designed to test selected foreign technologies as evaluated by U.S. military operators, with a view to future procurement.Under this contract, Kraken will integrate its AquaPix MINSAS sensor on a man-portable AUV owned by the U.S. Kraken’s AquaPix MINSAS synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) sensor is currently offered in the MINSAS 60, 120, 180, and 240 configurations and has been traditionally integrated to medium- and large-size AUVs and towfish. As part of this FCT
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