Hydromea Launches LUMA X, Wireless Underwater Optical Modem
comfort of its control rooms onshore.“The wide-angle beam gives subsea vehicles connecting via the LUMA X a lot of freedom of movement,” said Felix Schill, co-founder and CTO of Hydromea. “The small size of the modem and its standard transparent link allow for easy retrofitting into legacy systems.”“Radio waves do not penetrate water well, so resolving high-bandwidth communication underwater, for streaming high volumes of data, is a huge challenge,” said Igor Martin, co-founder and CEO of Hydromea. “With our focus on miniaturization and scalability, LUMA X is the
GeoSpectrum Unveils New Long-range Acoustic Underwater Transducers
crew of at least a dozen people to operate. Aiming to address these deficiencies, GeoSpectrum introduces the patented C-BASS family of underwater transducers, offering the market a deployable system that is small in size and weight but still maintains the high-power and frequency range (bandwidth) of legacy systems.Robust, affordable, easy to operate with, ranges exceeding 2,500 kilometers and capable to effectively operate under ice, the C-BASS family of transducers is suitable for a wide range of subsea applications, including communication/transmission from shore or surface units to submarines; divers&rsquo
Aker Bets on Software Engineers for Its Oil Business
is not alone in developing systems that can link masses of data historically kept in different systems, Alfonso Velosa at tech advisory firm Gartner https://www.gartner.com/en reckons when it comes to oil and gas, Aker is out in front for now."Those systems tended to be stuck in proprietary legacy systems and this is now an approach that is trying to marry (them) together," he said."This is a trend that's coming down and they're just ahead of the trend at the moment in the oil sector."Other companies looking to bring thousands of data points together in the oil sector include
Oceanscan Offering New Valeport Sensors
service offering with an investment in a range of new products from marine instrument manufacturer Valeport. Among Oceanscan’s new equipment is Valeport’s SWiFT SVP, the SVX2 combined CTD/SVP and the miniIPS Intelligent Pressure Sensor. The acquisition will replace legacy systems, and as part of the company’s investment, three Oceanscan technicians will receive bespoke training from Valeport to help clients get the best performance from the new equipment. Kevin Edwards, Valeport Sales & Marketing Manager, commented, “We have supplied Oceanscan
Teledyne Upgrades Corrosion Monitoring Equipment
need for additional post-processing. The transmitter protocol can be configured to support Modbus over RS485 to allow multiple sensors to be connected on the same power and data network. In addition, the current point-to-point protocol can be configured for full backward compatibility with legacy systems. The product range has been certified for ATEX Zone 0, IECEx, UL and CSA to allow operation in hazardous areas. The CEION2 product line includes a transmitter that sends metal loss and temperature data in real time to operators, and a logger that will store the data within
Anti-Submarine Warfare: Unmanned Future
;Some significant potential for new capability in operations analysis based on our ASW planning and analysis tools certainly exists, and the ASW commander in NATO task groups could certainly gain by having a tool which would allow him to optimally deploy the ASW assets at his disposal – whether legacy systems or autonomous systems. For digital underwater communications, we see significant interest in providing situational awareness to submarines, whether the surface white picture, METOC or other information for ASW. Also, CMRE’s digital underwater communications technologies have captured the
Echo Voyager: New Frontiers in Unmanned Technology
the Aerospace sector, Boeing aspires to deliver the defense and commercial sectors a game-changing UUV, in the revolutionary form of Echo Voyager. Since the 1960s, Boeing has designed and operated manned and unmanned deep sea vehicles through the acquisition of Rockwell International legacy systems and U.S. Navy support programs. Currently Boeing offers three UUVs with varying capabilities: Echo Ranger, Echo Seeker and now, the Echo Voyager. “We started off doing advanced underwater test shapes to support Navy Submarine hull design. Later in the 1990s, we started developing
General Dynamics Bags $ 50 mi Submarine Contracts
mission with cost-effective, innovative, agile and reliable solutions," said Mike Eagan, vice president and general manager of the Integrated Platform Solutions line of business at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. "By introducing our open architecture framework into these legacy systems, we can quickly insert relevant technologies onto the submarine's open platforms to meet the fast-changing mission needs of today's fleet." The open architecture framework facilitates the rapid integration of advanced capabilities developed by commercial, defense and academic entities
UDT 2014 Set for Liverpool, June 10-12
AUV-based sonar system. The 2205’s classification frequency of 1,600 kHz is capable of producing images of photographic quality, making MLO target classification trouble-free. It also requires a relatively low operational power input; drastically reducing the mass of electronics compared to legacy systems, whilst compressing the size of transducers. The result is a system that costs less to operate in the long-run, requires less maintenance relative to other products and offers rapid sensor integration. RTsys will showcase its AS3I Analog Surface Ship Sonar Improvement, which improves current
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