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Greater gabbard survey work carried out using cutting edge XOCEAN Technology

In a first for the offshore wind sector, a vessel remotely controlled from shore took to the sea off Suffolk to undertake survey work...

Scientists call for global array of autonomous vehicles

In the paper, “Air-Sea Fluxes with a Focus on Heat and Momentum,” Meghan F. Cronin, Chelle L. Gentemann, et al. discuss a need for...

Pioneering autonomous-ship project receives NOK 200 million in EU funding

This project is receiving funding of almost NOK 200 million (Euro 20.1 million), one of the largest grants ever given to Norwegian players, from...

TerraSond awarded NOAA contract to provide hydrographic surveying services

TerraSond, an Acteon company, has been awarded a five-year IDIQ contract by the Hydrographic Surveys Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s...

SeaRobotics selected Torqeedo’s electric propulsion system for its ASV

Dependable performance, extended time on station and quiet operation are key criteria when conducing acoustic underwater surveys. That’s why SeaRobotics selected an electric propulsion...

New autonomous ferry company created by marine technologists

Leading marine technology entrepreneurs and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have joined forces to set up a new company to build...

Saildrones work with ships during NOAA fisheries surveys

The 60-day Saildrone effort to asses stocks of Pacific hake and five coastal pelagic species was carried out in two sub-missions extending the full...

Sea Machines and HamiltonJet collaborate to merge capabilities of autonomous control system

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced today that it has successfully commissioned an SM300 autonomous control system aboard a HamiltonJet-powered workboat in New Zealand. HamiltonJet...

C-Job unveils autonomous underwater maintenance dredger design

C-Job Naval Architects has revealed its concept design of an Autonomous Underwater Maintenance Dredger. The unique design was presented by the independent ship design...

Sofar presents a new ASV to monitoring ocean environments

The Sofar Strider is a coastal, near-shore and inland water monitoring platform capable of extended range and multiple sensor configurations.  Sofar Strider represents a new...

Innovative data collection in the Western Pacific

The first partnership between Japan’s premiere marine-earth science agency and Saildrone included missions to the reference KEO offshore buoy, a study of the Kuroshio...

Unique Group acquires five iXblue’s USV for offshore operations

Leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group has signed an agreement to acquire five Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) DriX units from French...

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