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FET to Provide ROVs to Offshore Construction Firm

for demanding subsea operations.CCC (UE) offers comprehensive solutions for offshore operations worldwide, including inspection, repair and subsea asset installation.The two ROVs, which will have a Type 5C Top Hat Tether Management System and 3300 meter umbilical, are being manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, UK. FET’s ROVs are used globally to support underwater industry applications, including in defense, traditional and sustainable energy, telecommunications, mining, aquaculture and academia. 

The FET Perry XLX EVO II will be delivered in Q2 2025 to ACSM. Image courtesy FET

FET to Supply Spain's ACSM with ROV, LARS

to support construction, drilling, pipeline and platform inspection, survey, salvage, cleaning and dredging.  FET’s XLX EVO II ROV system is equipped with the latest ICE Unity Control System, incorporating remote operations and machine learning.The ROV is being manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire.Image courtesy FE

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FET Gets UK Ministry of Defence ROV Supply Contract

emergency response capabilities. It will be used for a variety of in-water tasks including wreck surveys and salvage response, and can be deployed from various vessels.The FET ROV system, acquired following a voluntary transparency notice issued this July, is being manufactured at the company’s UK facility. It will be delivered in 2025 with sea trials carried out in the UK.The contract also includes a two-year support solution, spares package, vessel integration and sea trials support, a training package and the potential for upgrades and additions.“We are extremely pleased that FET has been

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FET Secures ROV Supply Contract for Ocean Research Facility

as a single source for manufacturing and delivering high-quality, robust vehicles and associated auxiliary products which are suited to underwater industry applications,” said Kevin Taylor, FET’s Vice President – KMS and Subsea Robotics.The ROV will be manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire.The agreement comes shortly after FET provided an ROV to the Memorial University of Newfoundland for similar purposes

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FET to Supply Work-Class ROV to Mexican Subsea Firm

maintenance tasks.Ancillary tools and sensors can also be added to the vehicle for survey and light intervention work. It is equipped to a high specification with a seven-function manipulator arm for complex underwater procedures.The XLX-C work-class ROV was originally manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire and will be sent to the factory for a thorough refurbishment and re-testing, ensuring it meets the standards.“We are extremely pleased that our ROV has been chosen to support AQUA Exploracion. The XLX-C WROV is one of the most versatile models on the market

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UK Ministry of Defence Selects FET's ROV to Enhance Salvage Operations

an Urgent Capability Requirement (UCR) from its customer, which was announced in May. The ROV will complement and increase the existing UK Defence salvage capabilities managed by SALMO and will be used to support salvage and wreck surveys.The XLX-C Work class ROV was manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and will be delivered this year.The contract includes a two-year support solution, warranty and spares package, vessel integration and sea trials support, a training package and the potential for upgrades and additions.FET has previously supplied ROVs and submarine

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Forum Energy Technologies Launches Tooling Rental Service for ROVs

," Forum Energy Technologies said."Available immediately for rental are torque tools, linear actuator override tools (LAOTs), isolated hydraulic power units (IHPUs), and associated accessories," FET added.The fleet of tooling will initially be manufactured and managed at FET’s UK facility in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire. FET, which already has an existing rental fleet in Brazil, will also expand the availability of equipment to Europe, Asia, and elsewhere in the Americas.FET said it would continue to design manufacture and sell its established line of standard tooling and reconfirmed

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FET Observation-class ROV for Memorial University

, non-destructive testing, (NDT), light intervention, pipeline/cable/seabed survey, diver assist/safety, harbour and port security, scientific survey and data collection, renewable energy projects, civil engineering, long tunnel excursion and for inland waterways.The ROV was manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and delivered to MI this year.The Mohican ROV has a 2,000m depth rating and with TMS Garage system, is suited to inspection, survey repair, oceanographic research and subsea maintenance tasks. Ancillary tools and sensors can also be added to the vehicle for

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FET to Deliver Four ROVs to DOF Subsea

have been redesigned in line with this contract and now share a vastly increased quantity of common component parts with the XLX-C’s, providing a customer benefit for spares commonality and subsequent availability, the manufacturer added.All vehicles are being manufactured at FET’s U.K. facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire.Mark Ainsworth, FET’s DOF account manager said, “The four new ROVs, which now share so many common systems and components with one another, will bring a mix of smaller footprint benefits via the XLX-C as well as larger platform payload and stability

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