Sonardyne Targets US Marine Technology Market Growth Through Partnership with Aquatic Sensors
Sonardyne Inc. has appointed Aquatic Sensors as resellers as part of their growth in the US marine technology market.Making the announcement while exhibiting at OCEANS 2023 in Mississippi, Sonardyne welcomed Aquatic Sensors as its latest US reseller."Having worked with Sonardyne sister company Chelsea Technologies for over 20 years, Aquatic Sensors bring a wealth of industry knowledge and experience of the environmental water monitoring community across the USA and Canada. Their initial focus will be on the Origin 600 and providing the latest intelligent ADCP technology to the North American
Sonardyne Demos New Tech at ANTX
Sonardyne Inc. will present its advanced unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) tracking results at the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) this week in Newport, RI.The event’s attendees will be shown the results of recent trials which tested Sonardyne’s Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) against elite US Navy divers and small UUVs. Specifically, the strength of Sentinel IDS’ combined active and passive intruder detection sonar for ship and harbor security, against even the smallest UUVs, will be demonstrated. Since its introduction, Sentinel has been used in critical
Sonardyne Aids US Navy Underwater Vehicle Testing
Underwater target tracking technology from Houston-based Sonardyne Inc., has been chosen by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division for testing subsea systems and underwater vehicles in development for the Navy and wider maritime industry.Located in Maryland, Carderock Division is the U.S. Navy's research, engineering, modelling and test center for surface and undersea technologies. It is the largest, most comprehensive establishment of its kind in the world. Thanks to its proximity to the Gulf Stream, Carderock’s South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility (SFOMF)
Noble Drillship Gets a DP Upgrade
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation plc has selected acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Inc., Houston, for its ultra-deep water drillship Noble Globetrotter I. The Marksman DP-INS system is being used to provide a high integrity, independent subsea position reference for the vessel’s GE DP3 dynamic positioning (DP) system as it drills exploration wells in water depths up to 10,000 feet. Built in 2011, the Noble Globetrotter I is significantly smaller than a conventional drillship but has the same operational capacity. The reduction in size has
Schmidt Selects Sonardyne Navigation for SuBastian
The international science community’s newest ocean research platform, a deep-rated remotely operated vehicle (ROV) called SuBastian, will be positioned and navigated using acoustic and inertial technologies supplied by Sonardyne Inc., based in Houston. Built by the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), a private nonprofit operating foundation located in California, SuBastian will provide scientists from around the world with new opportunities to explore and study the ocean. Capable of diving to 4,500 meters, the vehicle has been equipped with a state-of-the-art equipment package that
WHOI Selects Ranger 2 USBL for RV Neil Armstrong
Houston-based subsea technology company, Sonardyne Inc., has announced that its deep water acoustic positioning system, Ranger 2 USBL, has been selected for the U.S Navy’s new oceanographic research vessel, R/V Neil Armstrong. The ship is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on behalf of the Navy and replaces the recently retired R/V Knorr vessel which had been in operation since 1970. Neil Armstrong is the first of two new Ocean-Class vessels ordered by the United States to fulfil national requirements for a high specification research ship based on the East Coast of
Sonardyne's Ranger 2 Comes Up Big
ROV tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc. in Houston to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) aids expedition to study recently discovered deep sea hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California Installed on MBARI’s Western Flyer research vessel, the Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system helped to track the position of the ROV Doc Ricketts as it dived down 3,800 meters to the seafloor and flew around the Pescadero Basin vent field, collecting video and samples for analysis. Despite the challenging conditions created by the vents spewing out super-heated
Sonardyne Achieves Worldwide OHSAS 18001 Accreditation
International Ltd. announced today that its UK sites in Yateley, Aberdeen and Plymouth have been awarded OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System Standard accreditation following successful audits at all three sites. Sonardyne's overseas subsidiaries, Sonardyne Brasil Ltda., Sonardyne Asia Pte. Ltd. and Sonardyne Inc., have also recently earned OHSAS 18001certification. Developed by leading trade and international standards bodies, the Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Specification (OHSAS) provides a framework for organizations to instigate proper and effective management of workplace health and safety
Dentzman Joins Teledyne Odom Hydrographic
from North Carolina State in Geological Oceanography. He previously held positions as owner and CEO of AquaMap, at Triton Elics as Manager of its East Coast Office, iXSea Inc. as its U.S. Sales Manager, Teledyne Benthos as its Business Development Manager for Acoustics & Communications and with Sonardyne, Inc. as its Business Development Manager for Defense and Maritime Security. Dentzman also served nine years in the U.S. Navy, serving four of those years onboard a nuclear fast attack submarine. “We welcome Richard C. Dentzman to our organization and are confident that the expertise
February 2025
