New Wave Media

Kraken Sonar Inc. announced it has been awarded a contract valued at over $325,000 by ECA Robotics to supply and help integrate its AquaPix Miniature Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Embedded Real-Time SAS Signal Processor on ECA Robotics' newest A18D autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).

 

"AquaPix is a game changer for seabed survey," said Kraken President and Chief Executive Officer Karl Kenny. "We are delighted with this contract award by ECA Robotics (ECA Group). Demand for our AquaPix sonar by some of the most influential companies in the unmanned maritime vehicle industry continues to validate the technology and open new market opportunities."

 

Kraken describes its AquaPix as a sonar system providing military grade technology that provides 3D seabed imaging, faster data processing and a lower cost. AquaPix is designed for operation on AUVs, manned and unmanned surface vessels and towed bodies. The modular system uses the latest electronics, transducer arrays and signal processing software optimized for the demanding size, weight, power and cost constraints of unmanned maritime vehicles.

 

AquaPix generates bathymetry data (25cm along-track x 25cm across-track x 5cm height) co-registered and geo-referenced to the same pixel grid co-ordinates as the imagery. Operators can produce crisp seabed imagery and detailed 3D digital terrain maps of seafloor topography that exceed IHO SP-44 survey standards. The capability of generating centimeter-scale resolution in all three spatial domains also provides significant performance improvements in the detection, classification and identification of small seabed objects.