USVs Getting Smarter, Faster and More Flexible
crewed and unmanned platforms. Secure data management enables instant analytics or detailed post-mission review, while its modular design supports seamless integration of customer or third-party sensors, payloads, algorithms, and interfaces.Also this month, BMT unveiled its Modular Uncrewed Ship concept MODUS. Working to a new design philosophy focussing on speed of production, price and high availability, BMT has developed pre-concept designs for a medium USV (40 metres) and a large USV (75 metres). These vessels are designed for specific use cases including offshore survey, seabed warfare, and anti-submarine
PXGEO Acquires Modus Subsea Services
Marine geophysical services company PXGEO on Monday announced it has acquired Modus Subsea Services to boost its subsea offering.Modus Subsea Services is a U.K.-based provider of offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous subsea operations using underwater intervention drones (UID) based on the Saab Sabertooth platform. The company has also developed and commercialized the industry's first-ever UID subsea residency solution.Residency, where the vehicle remains docked with a subsea docking station for charging and data transfer, aims to provide survey and inspection, maintenan
Modus Subsea Services Secures Loan from Gordon Brothers
Advisory and investment firm Gordon Brothers said this week it had provided a £5 million (currently around $6,2 million) term loan to Modus Subsea Services (Modus).Modus, specializing in using Underwater Intervention Drones to automate and decarbonize subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair services, has used the loan for refinancing with existing lenders and to assist in developing "best-in-class solutions for clients globally."“We’re delighted to support Modus with a financing package that has provided the headroom to continue building out their market-leading developmen
Kawasaki's AUV Used to Inspect Coating Defects on Subsea Pipeline
could obtain useful inspection data in combination with LTCP and also could demonstrate the ability of SPICE as a pipeline proximity inspection platform, continuing from 2020. We will continue to develop it in search of further possibilities.”In 2021, Kawasaki received an order from the UK’s Modus Subsea Services Limited for the first commercial model of SPICE, which will be an upgraded version of the SPICE that was used for this verification test, and is currently working on production and tests for its commercialization."To meet growing market demand for underwater equipment such as
Equinor Awards Modus 'World's First' Resident Subsea Drone Contract
Modus, a company specializing in hovering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has won a contract with Equinor for the provision of underwater intervention drone missions at their Johan Sverdrup field.The contract, which will run from 2023 to mid-2024, is for underwater intervention drone operations at the offshore field located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, and will see one of Modus’ Saab Sabertooth HAUVs resident in field "for a significant period. "According to Modus, this is the world’s first resident subsea drone contract by Equinor Energy.The offshore operations
Modus Launches Darlington Control Room for Subsea Hybrid AUVs
UK-based subsea services company Modus has commissioned its control room in Darlington, England, from which it can operate subsea hybrid autonomous underwater vehicles.The subsea robotics company said the launch was the culmination of a £24 million (around $29.8 million) investment program.The company welcomed the Right Honourable Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Secretary of State for International Trade and Darlington MP Peter Gibson, to officially open the control center at its headquarters.Modus has developed the application of automated inspection and maintenance services using subsea hybrid
Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future
Energy, is also working with Verlume. It’s due to test its Blue-X wave energy device with a Verlume battery offshore Orkney this year. This is also to demonstrate operations with an AUV, as part of a project with oil major Harbour Energy, the Net Zero Technology Centre and subsea inspection firm Modus.US-based Ocean Power Technologies has been working in this space for a number of years, working with Premier Oil (now part of Harbour Energy) in the UK and Eni in Italy to trial its wave energy device in support of powering subsea wells at end of field life and supporting resident AUVs, respectively
Subsea Expo Day 2: Remote and Autonomous Ops are the Trend, Barriers Remain
needs configuring, he says – more standardization would make life easier.SAAB Seaeye’s Sabertooth has been involved in a number of trials around proving a resident ROV system, with a modified version of one of its vehicles recently trialed in an autonomous docking procedure by service firm Modus Seabed Intervention and another due to be trialed working with an autonomous power system offshore Hawaii later this year. ROV image from Subsea Expo showfloor ©Elaine MaslinPeter Erkers, Sales Director, Underwater Systems, SAAB, says the technology is there, but there’s a lot of
Sea Trials Complete: Mocean Energy's Blue X Wave Energy Machine Returns to Shore
;The Blue X manufacture and testing program has been supported by £3.3 million from Wave Energy Scotland (WES) through their Novel Wave Energy Converter program.Earlier this year Mocean Energy announced a £1.6 million project with OGTC, oil major Harbour Energy and subsea specialists EC-OG and Modus to demonstrate the potential of the Blue X prototype to power a subsea battery and a remote underwater vehicle – using onshore testing at EC-OG’s Aberdeen facility.
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