Intruder Alert: Ports Face a Range of Underwater Threats
capability.VideoRay Defender. Credit: VideoRayVatn’s Skelmir S6 Compact Modular Underwater Effector. Credit: Vatn SystemsA layered defense solution featuring Oceanetics’ products, including the Stingray net. Credit: OceaneticsA Wake-Up CallThe lesson of Novorossiysk is clear: as underwater technologies continue to evolve, so too must the systems designed to protect the ships, infrastructure, and personnel that depend on secure harbors. While coastal facilities have sought to identify and mitigate threats from the air, surface, and cyber domains, the undersea domain is increasingly a viable
Underwater acoustic monitoring: safeguarding marine life in harbour expansion projects
marine life without causing additional disturbance. PAM systems can be deployed in various configurations, autonomous recorders, and real-time monitoring buoys, depending on the specific requirements of a project.One of the key advantages of PAM is its ability to provide real-time data. RTsys Underwater Technologies, a world leader in the design and manufacture of PAM systems is even enhancing the PAM capabilities by providing advanced software that can automatically detect the vocalizations of marine mammals, such as dolphin clicks and whale vocalizations. When these sounds are identified, the system
The SeaVorian Group Becomes RTsys Group
SeaVorian, a player in the field of marine and underwater technologies, announced that the group will now operate under the name RTsys Group, effective January 1, 2026. This change reflects the company's strategic vision for the coming years.RTsys Group supports clients worldwide across the scientific, research, offshore industry, security, and defense sectors, offering products, custom solutions, offshore services, and underwater data analysis.The new organization is structured around three specialized business lines:RTsys Underwater Technologies (formerly RTsys): the group's proprietary
DeepOcean Bolsters Subsea Robotics Fleet with Eight New ROVs
, survey as well as removal and recycling of subsea assets.“Expanding our ROV fleet at this scale will enable us to further strengthen the services we provide to clients worldwide, across both the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors. The new units feature the latest and most efficient underwater technologies available and are fully compatible with our remote, autonomous and digital solutions,” said Olaf A. Hansen, managing director, DeepOcean Europe
Sea Vorian Expands SEA360 Fleet with Teledyne Gavia AUV
commercial undersea surveying services. By integrating autonomous systems, SEA360 is advancing unmanned technologies in the ocean surveying and inspection market.With a strong expertise in marine data collection and analysis, SEA360 provides high-quality marine data services through autonomous underwater technologies as well as conventional survey means. Its vision is to reinvent ocean surveying and inspection using the latest autonomous and sensor technologies, pursuing accuracy, efficiency, flexibility and low carbon emissions
Fincantieri, Edge ink deal to Develop Underwater Solutions
the rapidly evolving diving sector. A strengthening of the collaboration aimed at further consolidating the partnership between the two companies through MAESTRAL, their shipbuilding joint venture based in Abu Dhabi.The agreement is based on the collaboration between the two companies to develop underwater technologies, supporting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in becoming a regional reference point in innovation in this field.The cooperation between Fincantieri and Edge will be focused on the design, development and construction of unmanned systems for the protection of critical underwater infrastructures
EDGE and Fincantieri Deepen Partnership for Underwater Protection Solutions
Maestral, which will be focused on the design, development and creation of unmanned systems for critical underwater infrastructure protection and seabed mapping, next-generation submarines, drone-carrier ships, and lightweight torpedoes.The MoU is based on both companies collaborating to develop underwater technologies, supporting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in becoming a regional pioneer in underwater technology innovation.The agreement comes amidst a rapidly evolving landscape for national defense. New threats and vulnerabilities are changing global dynamics, intensifying geopolitical rivalries, and
Underwater Surveillance Milestone: Novacavi’s Hybrid Cable Passes Successful Test
electric cables used in the most varied and extreme conditions in civil and military environments. The company has been active in the underwater sector for almost 30 years, producing technologically advanced solutions identified by its Aquancable® line and special cables for marine and underwater technologies.Image Soft Oy is a Helsinki, Finland-based technology company that delivers passive underwater surveillance systems to the defense market
UK NOC's Study Challenges Role of Plankton in Ocean Carbon Storage Process
Atlantic and Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean.This included iron-rich waters around a remote chain of islands and nutrient-starved waters in the open ocean. The collaborative team used a combination of innovative techniques, including ship-based measurements, mooring arrays and autonomous underwater technologies
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