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Zelim Taps Sea Machines for Unmanned Search and Rescue Vessel

with the Guardian’s propulsion system and sensors, enabling vessel control while streaming real time situational awareness and casualty detection to a remote command center anywhere in the world. The SM300 software provides the ability to autonomously execute transit routes and broad area search patterns, as well as manually operate the craft with real time teleoperation using remote command centerThe SM300 controlled Guardian enables enhanced capability to respond to person overboard incidents and close standby cover for offshore operations. Deploying from a larger vessel, Guardian will be

The General Dynamics Mission Systems Bluefin Robotics Knifefish UUV detects, classifies and identifies volume, proud and buried mines in high-clutter underwater environments, and is a critical element of the LCS Mine Countermeasure (MCM) mission package. Knifefish’s job is to detect, avoid and identify mine threats, reducing the risk to personnel by operating in the minefield as an off-board sensor while the host ship stays outside the minefield boundaries. Knifefish also gathers environmental d

Getting to the Bottom of the Navies' Mine Warfare Challenges

for them is likely to be a lengthy process. Vehicles must be stable, with excellent position keeping so the location of any mine like objects detected can be accurately marked for further investigation, neutralization or avoidance.  The vehicle may have to conduct prolonged and methodical search patterns, and that may require a vehicle with a lot of power and endurance, which translates to a lot of batteries, and thus a bigger vehicle for those larger search areas.  The size of the vehicle also has bearing on the size of the sensor package, although sophisticated sensors are becoming smaller

MUSCLE Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Deployment. Photo courtesy of CMRE

NATO employs MUSCLE Memory to Find Mines

at CMRE said the center adapted another Bluefin-21 as a collaborative autonomy test bed—named Black CAT--to demonstrate D2CAF by having MUSCLE and Black CAT work together. MUSCLE has an acoustic Doppler current profiler that detects current direction and velocity, and can reprogram its search patterns to account for currents. Black CAT, which hosts a version of D2CAF and is used for reacquisition, is equipped with a Teledyne Blueview 900 forward-looking sonar (FLS), optical camera, Blueview 2.25MHz multi-beam 3D sonar, and ARIS camera.  CMRE also has a pair of Konsgberg Hydroid REMUS

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Klein Marine Offers Side Scan Sonar Training

Noise, Refraction and Biological Noise) Anomalies (Second Sweep Returns, Cross Talk, Multi-Path, Ringing, Hyperbolas and Flaring) General Sonar Imagery (Shipwrecks, Hazardous Drums, Aircrafts, Automobiles, Fishing Gear, Marine Structures, Debris Fields) Navigation (Layback and Target Positioning, Search Patterns, Range/Overlap, Shallow Water Opera-tions, Small Target Search, Crime Scene/Accident Mapping, Artificial Reef Surveys, Drowning Victims, Operating Sonar & MAG Simultaneously, Deep Tows) Guest Instructor: Vince Capone Vincent Capone, M.Sc. is a side scan sonar specialist and a regular

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Klein Plans 2018 Side Scan Sonar Training

and biological noise Anomalies - second sweep returns, cross talk, multi-path, ringing, hyperbolas and flaring General sonar imagery - shipwrecks, hazardous drums, aircrafts, automobiles, fishing gear, marine structures, debris fields Navigation  - layback and target positioning, search patterns, range/overlap, shallow water operations, small target search, crime scene/accident mapping, artificial reef surveys, drowning victims, operating sonar and MAG simultaneously, deep tows   Guest instructor Vincent Capone, M.Sc. is a side scan sonar specialist and a regular instructor

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Klein Marine Systems: Side Scan Sonar Training

Noise, Refraction and Biological Noise) Anomalies (Second Sweep Returns, Cross Talk, Multi-Path, Ringing, Hyperbolas and Flaring) General Sonar Imagery (Shipwrecks, Hazardous Drums, Aircrafts, Automobiles, Fishing Gear, Marine Structures, Debris Fields) Navigation (Layback and Target Positioning, Search Patterns, Range/Overlap, Shallow Water Opera-tions, Small Target Search, Crime Scene/Accident Mapping, Artificial Reef Surveys, Drowning Victims, Operating Sonar & MAG Simultaneously, Deep Tows)   Guest instructor Vincent Capone, M.Sc. is a side scan sonar specialist and a regular instructor

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SCRIPPS Procures ROV from Shark Marine

Barracuda ROV is controlled with Shark Marine’s DiveLog software, which provides the capability for manual, semiautonomous or full autonomous operation. Using DiveLog the user can input known targets or mark new targets on the fly, or input routes and different map formats by setting routes, search patterns and known target positions. Simply telling the ROV to go to a target or perform a route unleashes the power of the DiveLog software as the Barracuda cruises over the bottom on a precise course compensating for depth and currents, while recording data and searching for targets, with or without

USCG Searching for Missing Diver

Cod launched a search and rescue crew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after watchstanders at the Sector Boston Command Center received notification at about 10:30 a.m. from the man's family stating he was overdue. The USCG, along with rescue crews from state and local agencies, are conducting search patterns in an area near Children' Island. The Coast Guard in the Northeast performs an average of 2,500 search and rescue cases each year. uscgnews.com  

Swedish Navy Receives AUV's

the AUVs can be used. For instance mine detection, visual inspection of the seabed, location of mission objects etc. After a series of rigorous sea trials in the Swedish archipelago, testing the AUVs ability to operate different types of missions including depth-trials, duration-trials and complex search patterns with the successful identification of objects the AUVs were handed over to the Swedish Navy. The AUVs are of the type REMUS 100 from the US producer Hydroid, a Kongsberg company. They are equipped with different sensors from producers such as EdgeTech and MarineSonic. The delivery includes

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