MetOcean Wins USCG Contract to Supply SAR Buoy
MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean) won a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to supply the United States Coast Guard (USCG) with its search and rescue buoy, the Iridium Self Locating Datum Marker Buoy, also known as the iSLDMB.The United States Coast Guard is a a core-user of the iSLDMB, and during an active SAR event, the MetOcean iSLDMB allows Coast Guardsto quickly travel to the event location via aircraft and then deploy the buoys by air in the region of interest, helping to significantly reduce overall search time. Each buoy provides vital real-time data at the top 1 meter of the
NASA’s JPL Using Teledyne Marine APEX Profiling Floats
Teledyne Marine announced the recent sale and deployment of three APEX profiling floats to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The three floats were equipped with RBR CTD sensors, Short-Burst-Data for communication over the Iridium Satellite Network, and special parachutes for air deployment. The rise in global sea levels will be a major environmental challenge for the 21st Century. For this reason, it is of increasing importance that we improve our methods and understanding for predicting this process. A recent major initiative to do this has been led by JPL Scientist
EcoLight AZFP Buoy to Monitor Light and Under-Ice Zooplankton
returns at multiple ultrasonic frequencies.The buoy has solar panels and a set of rechargeable and non-rechargeable backup batteries. In the summer, when there is abundant solar power, the buoy will sample for 20 minutes every two hours, limited by the amount of data that can be transferred via the Iridium satellite modem connection. In the winter, the buoy will sample for six minutes every three hours, limited mostly by available backup battery capacity. This satellite link is bi-directional allowing for the downloading of data as well as the ability to reconfigure instrument parameters remotely
Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg Tech: RDT&E's Annual Arctic Technology Evaluation
night vision devices) for improved law enforcement and ice detection.Handheld Glare Helios laser for stand-off hailing capabilities.FiFish Remotely Operated Vehicle for underwater inspections in cold weather.Long Range Acoustic Device 500X-RE for enhanced communication with vessels at longer distances.Iridium Certus Terminal, which helped provide internet access for the crew to maintain communications with Atlantic Area.Amber Boguslawski utilizes the AN/PSQ-20 Monoculars (enhanced night vision devices) during a look-out watch on the bridge of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell. U.S. Coast Guard photo
Significant Dredge Monitoring Network for OSIL
supply of a network of dredge monitoring buoys.The Tern buoy hull design incorporates a stainless steel sub frame with a moon pool for instrument protection, and its modular manufacture makes the buoy easy to ship and assemble on-site following delivery. The 12 buoys are set up to communicate via Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) with an onboard Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) option to further reduce operational costs when the buoys are moved closer inshore as the project progresses.OSIL said data from the buoys can be fed directly into the client servers via Iridium SBD, and the client'
Inspired by Adélie penguins, EvoLogics Presents its new PingGuin AUV
EvoLogics USBL modem for underwater data transfers and position estimations, the modem features an integrated atomic clock for precise synchronization of the acoustic network. The AUV’s surface communication module comprises Wifi, Radio and GNSS with a combined collapsible antenna (and an optional Iridium/GSM modem).The propulsion system includes 4 horizontal thrusters in X-shaped configuration and 3 vertical thrusters for maneuverability and speed, and the vehicle is able to hold position and hover in the water column.The PingGuin’s step back from its wildlife counterpart is the anchoring
Royal Navy on Target with MASS Simulation System
for land bombardment ranges and the necessity to destroy physical targets on land or at sea.The free-floating system consists of a set of operation buoys, which report acoustic event data, point of impact, and precise time. The acoustic event data is sent to a base station receiver using overthe-horizon Iridium satellite telemetry or UHF line-of-sight radio, this allows MASS to measure indirect fire. Real-time results are viewed and analyzed both on-ship and at land-based command posts.“MASS is the future of naval gunfire training,” said Tony Chedrawy, President & CEO, MetOcean Telematics
Drill Rig Noise: Entering the Exclusion Zone, Quietly
, although acceptance and use for growing applications are starting to accelerate,” says Burnett.For this project, the 5m-long AutoNaut system was chosen. The Islay AutoNaut was equipped with a 25m-long two-channel towed hydrophone array and a hull-mounted PAM. It had 1,800 m line of sight control, iridium communications and Wi-fi data access for wireless data transfer at sea. “It has quiet wave-foil propulsion to minimise contamination of the data, needs zero fuel because it harvests energy from waves to move forward and proven command and control,” says Burnett. It could be monitored
New Drifter Buoy Tracks Water Currents
MetOcean Telematics has developed the STOKES Iridium tracking drifter, a compact drifting buoy designed and tested in technical partnership with Florida State University (FSU) that tracks water currents at the surface.The small light-weight buoy is equipped with Iridium satellite telemetry, GPS positioning and a sea surface temperature sensor. Iridium satellite telemetry enables the buoy to provide vital sensor and geo-positional location data in real time. Iridium also allows the buoy to have bi-directional capabilities. This is a critical ability, for example, if the buoy enters a region of interest
