News Articles with Category: Business
October 19, 2014 – via Italian Institute for coastal marine environment
The procured AUV should be capable of operating in a depth up to 1,000 meters, acquiring oceanographic data and geophysical surveys with a range of at least 8 hours.
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October 9, 2014 – via OceanServer
This system will include several Iver3 options just released including the Rowe Technologies, Inc. (RTI) SeaPILOT 600 kHz Doppler Velocity Log with ADCP.
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October 6, 2014 – via Hydroid
40,000 square-feet and houses the company’s engineering, manufacturing and quality assurance operations. The building includes a 20-foot testing pool, a 6,000 meter rated hyperbaric test chamber
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October 1, 2014 – via Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg Maritime annouces new Hugin orders
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September 23, 2014 – via Boeing
The initial focus of the collaboration will be to develop total integrated solutions for antisubmarine warfare, maritime domain awareness and other maritime defense applications.
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September 19, 2014 – via Phoenix International
Phoenix International conducted the undersea search for Malaysian Flight 370 under contract to the US Navy using its Artemis vehicle.
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September 18, 2014 – via Boston Engineering
Boston Engineering calls its prototype of the robot the “BIOSwimmer,” and says it “can inspect the interior voids of ships such as flooded bilges and tanks, and hard to reach external areas such as steerage, propulsion, and sea chests. It can also inspect and protect harbors and piers, perform area searches, and carry out other security missions.”
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September 17, 2014 – via Reportlinker
The many interviews and investigations carried out in the preparation of the report have revealed a market that is larger and growing faster than is popularly assumed, though some incumbents miss what is happening with new entrants and in other parts of the world.
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September 15, 2014 – via German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Built-in sensors track changes in pressure, texture and movement as the hand explores an object. Software uses the sensor readings to create a digital map of the object and make an educated guess about what it might be.
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August 20, 2014 – via Fastwave
Marine systems integration specialist Fastwave has recently been appointed Australian distributor by Kongsberg Maritime for the supply, installation, training, service and support of the SEAGLIDER system.
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August 19, 2014 – via AUVSI
“As the ability for us to show more and more business cases or market cases to utilize this technology [grows], you are going to see more of the technology come to bear,”
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August 18, 2014 – via University of Delaware
The new Robotic Discovery Laboratories consolidate CEOE’s environmental robotics capabilities by fostering collaboration, coordinating operational logistics, and facilitating the management of large datasets.
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August 18, 2014 – via University of Delaware
Late last week, the university dedicated a new lab, the Robotics Discovery Laboratories, at the Lewes campus
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August 10, 2014 – via IBIS World
AUVs have historically been used for a limited number of tasks due to the technology available; however, as AUVs are increasingly being used in commercial scenarios, the industry will grow over the five years to 2019. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Manufacturing industry to its growing industry report collection.
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August 5, 2014 – via Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
The opportunities presented by Maritime Autonomous Systems are very exciting. However if we are to fully exploit these opportunities we need to invest in key areas such as “Supervised Autonomy” and “Deployment & Recovery” in order to meet future requirements and position the UK as a world leader in next generation Maritime Mission Systems.
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July 24, 2014 – via ReportsNReports
The business analysis gives you a comprehensive view of current Unmanned Underwater Systems (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Remotely Operated Vehicles, Mine Delivery Vehicles, gliders and associated systems) and of Unmanned Surface Systems (Unmanned Surface Vehicles, partially submerged vessels and associated systems) for the Defense and Security markets (Public and Private) worldwide.
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July 11, 2014 – via DARPA TTO
The Blue Wolf program will develop and demonstrate integrated underwater vehicle prototypes able to operate at speed and range combinations previously unachievable in fixed-size platforms, while retaining traditional volume and weight fractions for payloads and electronics. DARPA is seeking proposals for novel concept designs, dynamic lift and drag reduction systems, and innovative hybrid energy systems.
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July 4, 2014 – via National Oceanography Centre
Its key priorities include developing and operating new tools for working in harsh environments and ensuring that technological innovations are demonstrated in real world environments.
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July 2, 2014 – via Teledyne
Ocean Aero’s planned unmanned underwater/surface vehicles, powered by wind and solar, complement Teledyne’s battery-powered Gavia AUVs and market-leading autonomous gliding vehicles using buoyancy-based propulsion
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July 2, 2014 – via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
The Center for Marine Robotics at WHOI was established in 2012 to speed development of robotic technologies through collaboration with industry sponsors, academic partners, and key government agencies to change the way people and machines work together in the marine environment.
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June 24, 2014 – via National Oceanography Centre
The new NOC facilities would be used to build a fleet of 40 Marine Autonomous and Robotics Systems (MARS), similar to the underwater craft currently being used to search for the missing MH370 aircraft in the Indian Ocean.
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June 19, 2014 – via OceanServer
The new vehicles will include two standard Iver3-580 units and two new Iver3-450 Nano AUVs.
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June 13, 2014 – via Douglas-Westwood
Douglas-Westwood says to expect the highest growth market to be the commercial sector, including the offshore oil and gas industry
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June 13, 2014 – via Boston Globe
The local firms working with automated underwater vehicles are growing as demand for their technology increases from oil and gas companies, the Department of Defense, and ocean-exploration organizations.
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June 10, 2014 – via Saab
The new generation of Double Eagle is able to operate both as a battery powered AUV and a as a conventional tethered ROV. As a new feature the AUV will be able to find and by automatic dock with the tether while still in the water. This will enable download of collected data and recharge of batteries without any risky launch and recovery operations.
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June 7, 2014 – via ReportsNReports
ReportsnReports.com adds “Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Market by product [ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)], Application (Defense, Oil and Gas, Scientific Research) & by Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, The Middle-East, Latin America, ROW) – Forecasts & Analysis 2014-2019
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June 4, 2014 – via QinetiQ
The autonomous underwater targets, which are the size of torpedoes and simulate the radiated noise and target echo strength of a submarine, are used for training submarine crews to detect and classify targets.
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May 13, 2014 – via Saab
Saab’s naval branch, which incorporates its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) units, contributed US $366 million of the group’s 2013 revenues, totaling $3.65 billion.
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May 13, 2014 – via Defense News
A selection is due this year for a study to develop an unmanned system that the British and French navies plan to put through trials.
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May 12, 2014 – via Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products
Quadrant offers the widest range of high-quality, lightweight, high-wear resistance polymers and composites specially developed for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV), Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV), and Unmanned Spacecraft.
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May 12, 2014 – via NUWC Newport RI
NUWC officials announced a plan last Thursday to contract with OceanServer to refurbish and upgrade a NUWC-owned Iver2.
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May 7, 2014 – via Kraken Sonar Systems
Kraken’s AquaPix® INSAS system provides seabed images with unprecedented image resolution and detail. The system leverages the sophisticated signal processing capabilities and unique imaging technologies of Kraken’s revolutionary INSIGHT™ SAS image processing software.
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May 7, 2014 – via Cathx Ocean
The Cathx M12 imaging system aboard the AUV extracts information in real-time from the underwater images it collects and uses it to provide critical decision-making data to the AUV
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April 29, 2014 – via Kongsberg Underwater Technology
Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc. is a supplier of advanced hydro-acoustic systems and underwater instrumentation including autonomous underwater vehicles, multibeam echo sounders, sub-bottom profilers and integrated motion reference systems.
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April 24, 2014 – via New Straits Times
Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Datuk Abdul Hadi A. Rashid said such assets would come in handy in underwater search and rescue (SAR) operations.
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April 14, 2014 – via Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center
The NRL’s Black Pearl program is developing an underwater drone for research in long range and multi-static mine hunting and ASW programs, as well as in new distributed sensing research. For this project Bluefin experts will develop as many as five next-generation underwater drones based on the company’s Bluefin 21 UUV.
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April 13, 2014 – via TE Connectivity
We are excited by the addition of the SEACON group because it combines their fiber optic capability, TE’s cable product line and the power connector range from our Deutsch acquisition to create a leading product offering for undersea applications.
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April 9, 2014 – via Australian Strategic Policy Institute
They’re being considered as key complementary elements to address several operational challenges navies currently face.
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April 7, 2014 – via NUWC Newport RI
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) has a requirement for services to perform systems engineering, system development, technical analysis, installation, integration, testing and evaluation services in support of U.S. Navy, Government-owned Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV).
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April 6, 2014 – via U S Coast Guard
Coast Guard officials are looking for long-endurance marine vehicles that can operate unattended — except for remote monitoring — for several weeks to several months.
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April 4, 2014 – via Douglas-Westwood
North America will continue to dominate global AUV expenditure, predominantly on military unmanned technology
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March 31, 2014 – via Defense News
The Pentagon has called for more technology that will enable U.S. military to place assets closer to potential targets without attracting attention.
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March 31, 2014 – via National Oceanography Centre
The NOC is pleased to be able to apply its world-leading capabilities and considerable experience in marine autonomous systems – sometimes referred to as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) – to work with the Royal Navy
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March 28, 2014 – via Markets and Markets
The global AUV market is estimated to be $457 Million in 2014 and expected register a CAGR of 31.95% in 2019.
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March 27, 2014 – via DARPA
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., this week released a formal solicitation (DARPA-BAA-14-27) for the second and third phases of the Upward Falling Payloads (UFP) project to hide sensors and other devices on the ocean floor that will last for as long as five years concealed at depths to 20,000 feet.
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March 11, 2014 – via Kongsberg Maritime
Expected to be available for hire in October 2014, the MUNIN AUV will further enhance the existing portfolio of Kongsberg Maritime Ltd rental equipment, which supports customers within the offshore oil and gas, environmental and renewable energy markets.
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February 13, 2014 – via Kongsberg Maritime
The HUGIN 1000 MR AUV has been selected as it is specifically designed for MCM operations and can detect, classify and identify mines in a single mission.
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February 11, 2014 – via Kongsberg Underwater Technology
The KONGSBERG Seaglider Team has completed extensive training with the university’s Seaglider Fabrication Center personnel, and is pleased to announce that full scale production of Seaglider systems has begun. In addition to manufacture of new Seaglider vehicles, the facility is also performing refurbishment or upgrade of existing systems.
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February 3, 2014 – via Subsea Technology & Rentals
A new name in advanced subsea equipment supply is being unveiled at Subsea Expo on Wednesday 5th of February 2014.
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January 27, 2014 – via OceanServer
The Iver EP platform provides users a fully developed remote helm capability that allows predefined missions to be interrupted and changed.
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January 23, 2014 – via Teledyne Gavia
This contract is significant as it is the first purchase of AUVs for MCM by the Armed Forces of Poland.
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January 16, 2014 – via Engineered Syntactic Systems
“We recently discovered that there is a need for readily available, off-the-shelf products such as cable floats and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) buoys. We are nimble enough to respond quickly and work closely with customers to provide cost-effective solutions that will address these needs.”
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December 23, 2013 – via Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific
The Industry Day will be held at SSC Pacific on Weds, January 15th from 0900-1130AM in San Diego, CA onboard the Naval Base Point Loma “Topside” campus in the Building A33 Auditorium.
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December 22, 2013 – via Journal of Instrumentation Automation and Systems
Call for papers for the first Issue April, 2014
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December 16, 2013 – via Institution of Engineering and Technology
Topics including Navigation guidance and control of the following unmanned marine vehicles: remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), including gliders, autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs).
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December 13, 2013 – via Inside The Navy
The service is looking to award two multiple year procurements, each with a base year and four options, for the guidance and control and afterbody/tailcone sections for the torpedo.
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December 11, 2013 – via Teledyne Gavia
The UTEC Gavia AUVs are fully equipped for geophysical surveys in near-shore environments out to 1000 meters.
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December 7, 2013 – via GATE Electronik
Company representatives said that Azerbaijan is interested in UUVs of GATE Electronics, but didn’t reveal in which of them.
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November 20, 2013 – via US Department of Defense
Response due Jan 22 2014
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November 11, 2013 – via NAVSEA PMS-EOD
To repair and upgrade the Navy’s fleet of MK 18 Kingfish unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), as well as to help train Navy personnel to use the unmanned submersibles.
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November 7, 2013 – via Boston Engineering
Our ability to rapidly develop tactically relevant, game-changing technologies in the maritime mission space is strengthened by this opening.
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November 6, 2013 – via Research and Markets
The report provides an in-depth analysis of the global underwater robotics market.
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November 4, 2013 – via Heriot-Watt
The deadline for submission of tenders is November 27, 2013.
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October 29, 2013 – via Eni Norge
In contrast to traditional AUVs, this robot is equipped with multiple propellers. These enable it to stop, hold its position and adjust its movements as required and in response to sensor data.
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October 28, 2013 – via Unmanned Systems Canada
NRC Research Press adds a new title to its prestigious collection of scientific and technical journal publications Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
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October 27, 2013 – via DRDO
The flatfish-shaped, 1.7-tonne reconfigurable vehicle capable of carrying payloads of up to 500 kg would now be converted into an operational platform.
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October 22, 2013 – via IDTechEX
Forecasts, Players, Opportunities – Inland/seagoing, surface/underwater, manned/unmanned
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October 15, 2013 – via Globes
The Ministry of Defense’s weapons development administration (Mafat) is targeting a global market worth $2 billion annually.
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October 7, 2013 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bringing these two companies together will allow us to bring integrated expertise in vehicle control, low-level vehicle to high-level mission autonomy, sensor processing, operator interface, and power subsystems to our customers
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October 4, 2013 – via Amphenol Industrial Global Operations
Can be used in depths up to 6,000 meters
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September 30, 2013 – via AUVSI
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014, being held 12-15 May in Orlando will highlight the most important technological research and advancements driving the dynamic unmanned systems community forward. Submit your proposal for possible inclusion in our 2014 educational program!
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September 27, 2013 – via DNA
The MAUVs, fitted with sensors and cameras, can perform a number of tasks, which include surveying and mapping the seabed, monitoring the health of the marine life and oil rigs.
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September 27, 2013 – via Ocean Aero
The completely autonomous platform operates on the high seas for months at a time, using wind and solar energy with the ability to “disappear” for extended periods of time by diving below the surface.
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September 19, 2013 – via Hydroid
Hydroid will provide an unspecified number of the MK 18 UUV family of systems (FOS), which consists of the MK 18 Mod 1 Swordfish — based on the Hydroid REMUS 100 UUV — and the MK 18 Mod 2 Kingfish — based on the Hydroid REMUS 600 UUV.
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September 13, 2013 – via Naval Postgraduate School Monterey
This purchase upcoming sensor purchase from AML is for the replacement of advanced oceanographic environmental sensors for the autonomous gliders.
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September 13, 2013 – via QinetiQ
The capabilities will range from closed water testing through to full scale open water tests where a number of assets can operate together to de-risk a mission prior to deployment. A virtual adaptive independent modelling environment will also allow system architecture and mission systems to be developed.
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September 10, 2013 – via NAVSEA PMS-406
Industry Information Day will be held on October 16, 2013 and is planned to be an all-day event focused on the LDUUV System projected technical requirements, current assessment of technology maturity, and expected program details. This Industry Information Day will be an information exchange with industry led by the Program Manager for Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406) within the Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ship (PEO LCS) organization.
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September 5, 2013 – via Fugro
The data is being acquired for the Area 4 Rovuma basin development offshore northern Mozambique. The challenging AUV survey is the largest ever commissioned and one of the first in this new and remote frontier area off the coast of East Africa.
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September 4, 2013 – via Hydroid
Includes product support, research and development, and engineering on a day-to-day basis; application and system engineering functions
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September 4, 2013 – via Kongsberg Maritime
A Sophisticated New Generation Compact Offshore Survey AUV
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September 1, 2013 – via Fall River Herald News
We are strategically placed, with the Naval Undersea Center, Woods Hole and our own research college
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August 30, 2013 – via OceanServer
This second system provides additional capability for APL’s general research, including the development of underwater sensor systems.
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August 27, 2013 – via DARPA STO
The Hydra large UUV is to use modular payloads inside a standardized enclosure to deploy a mix of UAVs and UUVs, depending on the military situation. Hydra will integrate existing and emerging technologies in new ways to create an alternate means of delivering a variety of payloads close to where they’re needed.
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August 26, 2013 – via Teledyne Webb Research
Teledyne Webb Research has delivered 84 gliders under this program. This FRP Phase Three calls for thirty two (32) additional gliders (six 200 metergliders and twenty six 1000m gliders).
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August 21, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
A long-endurance unmanned submersible able to operate over vast ocean areas for months at a time while using a minimum of electric power.
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August 20, 2013 – via Defense News
The game changer is what we’re interested in and what we assume will be persistent systems, bigger vehicles with a lot of payload capability and a vehicle that always comes back home.
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August 14, 2013 – via DRDO
The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) underwater vehicle is currently undergoing sea trials at about 100 metres below sea level. The four-metre long, 1.4-metre wide, flat fish-shaped vehicle can travel at a speed of about 7 km per hour at depths of up to 300 metres below sea level.
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August 13, 2013 – via Australian Maritime College
The research platform will be based at AMC for five years and used to conduct surveys on projects including seafloor mapping, mixing in the water column and under-ice flow dynamics in lakes and oceans.
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August 13, 2013 – via Hydroid
Officials of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR) needs upgrades to the UUV that include collaborative multi-UUCV operations in confined spaces, underwater docking, and wireless communications.
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August 13, 2013 – via Douglas-Westwood
The 4th edition of Douglas-Westwood’s World AUV Market Forecast expects major market growth over the next five years. The size of the existing fleet of reportedly active vehicles, stands at 560 in 2012 (up from 390 in 2009) and Douglas-Westwood forecast this to rise to 930 by 2016.
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August 10, 2013 – via Australian Maritime College
It carries an arsenal of cameras, sonars and environmental sensors to guide it and survey large tracts of water column and seabed.
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August 9, 2013 – via OceanServer
Early this year, OceanServer delivered the 200th AUV system
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August 9, 2013 – via Modus
The acquisition is part of a planned investment programme by the North East England-based company to develop a dedicated division operating a fleet of AUV units to provide survey and inspection services across offshore field development life cycles.
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August 6, 2013 – via General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
By performing the CIT effort at this phase of the Knifefish program, the team can identify critical elements that could be detrimental to the delivery and operational availability of the Knifefish program if left to the later program phases.
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August 5, 2013 – via MTS
Resolution coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Marine Technology Society and OCEANS 2013 in San Diego.
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July 24, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
DARPA awarded a contract to Sparton last week for the first phase of the Upward Falling Payloads (UFP) program, which seeks to pre-deploy sensors or non-lethal weapons on the ocean floor sometimes years in advance for surprise deployment among the nation’s naval adversaries during times of war or international tension.
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July 24, 2013 – via UPI
The French Navy said Alister 100 AUVs will be the Navy’s first underwater drones for combating mines and will be used for advanced operations in shallow waters, channel assault operations, for port clearance, and for secondary missions such as seabed survey and reconnaissance.
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July 23, 2013 – via DARPA TTO
The Hydra program will develop and demonstrate an unmanned undersea system with a new kine of unmanned-vehicle delivery system that inserts UAVs and UUVs. stealthily into operational environments to respond quickly to situations around the world without putting U.S. military personnel at risk.
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July 15, 2013 – via Teledyne Webb Research
Slocum glider service support and repair facility located in Watford, Hertfordshire (UK).
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July 11, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
The program will blend unman-ned surface vessels, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), manned surface ships, and laser-equipped helicopters. Raytheon’s contract is worth $1.9 million, and that of Applied Physical Sciences is worth $1.4 million.
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July 10, 2013 – via R&D; Magazine
Proteus, a new class of underwater vehicle that is unique in its ability to operate in either manned or autonomous mode, has been recognized as one of the best technical products of the year
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July 9, 2013 – via Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.
The Phoenix AUV is equipped with field-swappable acoustic and optical payloads. The acoustic payload section can concurrently operate a Reson 7125 multibeam (400kHz), Edgetech 2200-M side scan sonar (120/410 kHz), and Edgetech DW2-16 sub-bottom profiler (2-16 kHz) on 20 hour dives at speeds up to 3.5 knots.
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June 28, 2013 – via Gizmag
The Ziphius is a remote-control aquatic drone, that’s capable of autonomous behavior
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June 27, 2013 – via Reportlinker
Electric Boats, Small Submarines and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) 2013-2023: Forecasts, Players, Opportunities
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June 26, 2013 – via NSWC Panama City
Kingfish is an autonomous underwater unmanned vehicle (UUV) used by the U.S. Navy for mine detection missions with an improved endurance and area coverage rate that replaces the in-theater Swordfish system.
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June 25, 2013 – via Reportlinker
Bringing together the intelligent capabilities of AUVs and the work-class functionalities of ROVs is expected to create a booming, new segment.
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June 24, 2013 – via Wired
The battery-powered AUV62 can either be preprogrammed to follow a particular underwater route, using collision detection to avoid other vessels, or a remote operator can control it using either a radio or acoustic link. It can travel at speeds as fast as 20 knots, and it can descend to more than 1,640 feet below the surface.
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June 11, 2013 – via Liquid Robotics
Liquid Robotics will make available a fleet of Wave Gliders for rapid deployment and available for use on a day-rate or longer-term lease basis through Global Oceans. As a result of the Alliance, Global Oceans can more readily mobilize these research and ocean observation tools for scientists to utilize on its expeditions.
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June 7, 2013 – via Inside Defense
The House Armed Services Committee provided $22 million in the advanced submarine system development line item for “unmanned underwater vehicle development.”
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May 30, 2013 – via Business Week
To build the integrated system the industry envisions, a network of remote monitoring sensors will be needed to transmit data and instructions between the surface and seafloor. Swimming robots, which are now tethered to ships on the surface, will monitor the equipment and perform maintenance, while a new offshore electrical grid will power the submarine operations.
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May 24, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington announced their intention to negotiate with Bluefin on a sole-source basis to develop an underwater drone for research in long range and multi-static mine hunting and ASW programs, as well as in new distributed sensing research.
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May 23, 2013 – via IBIS World
Commercial uses for AUVs will contribute to high growth in the next five years.
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May 17, 2013 – via Defense Tech
The idea is to have an air or water– launched UUV able to go underwater and use various sensor technologies for Anti-Submarine Warfare and Mine Countermeasures down to depths of 200 meters beneath the surface.
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May 16, 2013 – via Kongsberg Maritime
“In looking for a new commercial licensee for Seaglider™, we wanted a company with broad experience in both the marine instrument and AUV businesses. Kongsberg fits that bill well and we hope they will bring this technology to many more people interested in understanding the ocean.
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May 8, 2013 – via IEEE/OES
Deadline Extended to May 17, 2013
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April 26, 2013 – via Subsea World News
The company sees the new facility bringing significant savings in time and costs, whilst offering a unique opportunty to develop and trial underwater systems
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April 26, 2013 – via Liquid Robotics
Liquid Robotics was honored for the creation of the world’s first wave powered autonomous ocean robot, powered solely by the planet’s endless supply of wave and solar energy.
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April 23, 2013 – via Hydroid
NUWC officials plan to release a formal request for quote (RFQ) to Hydroid around 1 May.
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April 19, 2013 – via Market Research Reports
Military electric craft dominate in market value today, Civil marine electric vehicles will constitute the largest marine electric vehicle market by value.
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April 18, 2013 – via Oceans’13 MTS/IEEE San Diego
Abstracts due May 3 2013
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April 18, 2013 – via Market Research Reports
Global Underwater Robotics Market to Grow at a CAGR of 6.77 Percent Over the Period 2012-2016 – Underwater Robotics Industry Share,Size,Trends,Analysis And Forecast To 2016
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April 11, 2013 – via UUST’13
The Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute (AUSI) is sponsoring the 18h International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST2013). The Symposium will be held August 11-14, 2013 at the Portsmouth Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Abstract Deadline: April 30, 2013
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April 9, 2013 – via Kongsberg Maritime
“The addition of AUVs is a direct response to customer requests and will be one of the most significant developments within our rental service so far.”
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April 9, 2013 – via Goodfellow
Whilst not achieving the frequency of piezo-based materials or magnetostrictive materials, magnetic shape memory materials give much higher strain outputs (typically 10 to 100 times more)
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April 9, 2013 – via OI 2014
The call for abstracts for Oceanology International 2014 (OI 2014), with its eight free-to-attend industry and technical conferences, is to open on 15 April 2013 and has a closing date of 30 August 2013.
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April 8, 2013 – via General Dynamics
Knifefish is the first heavyweight-class mainstream mine countermeasure (MCM) UUV that will address the Navy’s need to reliably detect and classify mines resting on the seafloor and buried mines in high-clutter environments and areas with potential for mine burial.
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April 8, 2013 – via Wired
The SV3 version keeps the wave energy, but adds solar panels and battery storage capacity sufficient not only to speed up the surfboard-like vessel, but also to power the sensors, electronics and transmitters on board.
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April 6, 2013 – via Standard Examiner
The current contract with NRL calls for tanks that must be capable of storing high-pressure hydrogen and oxygen in undersea conditions with adequate durability for extended submersion in seawater
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March 27, 2013 – via Bluefin Robotics
Tesla Offshore will operate their AUV on a global basis and, specifically, in the Gulf of Mexico where US government regulatory agents are considering proposals that mandate archeological and shallow hazard survey data be acquired by AUV technologies.
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March 26, 2013 – via Modus Seabed
The AUV division perfectly complements our existing subsea capabilities, but also opens new market streams
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March 20, 2013 – via WHOI
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) seeks a founding Director for its new Center for Marine Robotics (CMR). WHOI is a world leader in marine robotics, including research, development, and operations of all types of advanced vehicles and sensors and is now creating a new Center for Marine Robotics to advance its research in robotics and autonomous systems for science, security, and industry.
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March 20, 2013 – via MIT Technology Review
Liquid Robotics raised $45 million to build out its fleet of self-propelled marine robots.
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March 20, 2013 – via Ocean Business 2013
The workshop will be held at Ocean Business 2013, on Wednesday 10th April 1500–1700, Conference Room 344/32
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March 19, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Look for Teledyne to continue acquisitions and technology development in UUV sensor payloads, as the company becomes a force to contend with in this market.
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March 18, 2013 – via Global Oceans
Global Oceans and AUVAC will develop collaborative approaches to bringing AUV technology suppliers and the ocean science community together for expanded, cost-effective AUV deployment for scientific applications throughout the world’s oceans.
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March 15, 2013 – via Swedish Defence Matériel Agency, FMV
The AUV62 system was developed by FMV in partnership with the Swedish Defense Research agency and Saab. During submarine hunting exercise, AUVs could behave like a submarine, both by its sonar echo and its noise. When used as a target during anti-submarine warfare exercises, it transforms the ping the chasing sonars transmit so that they sound like when detecting a submarine. In addition, it can make noises like a submarine. In this way, the cost of training is reduced because crew training no longer requires a real submarine.
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March 15, 2013 – via Inside Defense
The program is beginning to order long-lead items, and by fiscal year 2014 prime contractor General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will have constructed three Knifefish UUVs and accompanying equipment for support, storage and operations.
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March 15, 2013 – via Global Oceans
Global Oceans is a new organization, working to expand the scope and extend the reach of ocean research platforms and assets.
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March 1, 2013 – via Teledyne
With the addition of RESON, as well as BlueView and Optech last year, Teledyne now offers 3D marine imaging systems for use from aircraft, fixed platforms, surface vessels and AUVs over a wide range of distances and water depths.
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February 28, 2013 – via Oceans’13 MTS/IEEE San Diego
The deadline for abstract submission will be May 3, 2013
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February 20, 2013 – via SeeByte
OceanServer Technology has chosen to release their newly developed advanced plug-ins, created for the SeeTrack Military software, so that current users of the Iver2 AUV systems may operate and benefit from SeeByte’s smart solutions and additional modules such as seafloor classification, Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and the Performance Analysis and Training Tool
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February 19, 2013 – via Hydroid
Company production schedule of AUVs for U.S. Navy accelerated
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February 11, 2013 – via McGill University
The goal of the network is to pool knowledge and act as a catalyst for the development of integrated robotic applications to make smarter devices, where land-based robots “talk” to swimming robots and/or airborne robots, depending on the situation.
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February 1, 2013 – via Seebyte
SeeByte announces the compatibility of its SeeTrack Military software systems with the Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd. high resolution Sea Scan HDS side-scan sonar system.
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January 30, 2013 – via Reson
The closing of the transaction, which is subject to customary conditions, is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2013.
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January 28, 2013 – via Offshore
NCS expects the new equipment will be used to provide ultra-high-resolution data for pipeline and platform inspections; scour monitoring surveys; cable and pipe route surveys; and offshore wind farm surveys.
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January 24, 2013 – via Bluefin Robotics
The vehicle will be used to advance NRL’s low-frequency broadband (LFBB) payload technology and support their broader mission to advance basic and applied research in undersea warfare.
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January 24, 2013 – via NERC
NERC will receive capital funding of £10m over the next two years for research and technology development of marine robotics. The UK has a strong track record in development of autonomous underwater vehicles. NERC, particularly through its National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
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January 22, 2013 – via Unmanned Vehicle University
The International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering (IJUSEng) is the official journal of Unmanned Vehicle University.
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January 21, 2013 – via Kraken Sonar Systems
The funding will be applied to the development of AquaTrak™ – a new Correlation Velocity Log (CVL) designed for underwater navigation. AquaTrak™ will be used to measure the speed over ground of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) and can also be used for high resolution current profiling.
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January 18, 2013 – via Inside Defense
ONR is developing LDUUV prototypes right now and is using the office’s funding to make tweaks. In 18 months when prototypes five and six are built, Klunder said they should be able to enter the fleet.
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January 17, 2013 – via Saab
The AUV62 is an artificial acoustic target that mimics a submarine in a way that is compatible with any torpedo- and sonar system on the market today.
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January 16, 2013 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Officials are looking for companies able to provide equipment, operation, and maintenance of the unmanned systems at Eglin and at other locations.
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January 14, 2013 – via Kraken Sonar Systems
AquaPix® is capable of providing detailed seabed images with a constant resolution better than 3cm out to a range of 300m from each side of an underwater vehicle (600m swath). It can also produce 3D bathymetric data with a resolution better than 25cm x 25cm while delivering depth accuracy in compliance with IHO S44 special order requirements.
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January 14, 2013 – via Teledyne Webb
The initial glider for the University of Sao Paulo is a 200m depth rated coastal version. Subsequent gliders will be optimized for deeper operation at a maximum 1000m depth.
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January 12, 2013 – via DARPA
Upward Falling Payloads (UFP) Solicitation Number: DARPA-BAA-13-17
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January 8, 2013 – via Teledyne Blueview
The small size of the M Series imaging sonar, which company officials say is 30 percent smaller than Teledyne BlueView’s P900 Series and includes the same features and functionality, is particularly useful for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
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January 7, 2013 – via Kraken Sonar
Kraken was recently spun-out from Marport and is headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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December 24, 2012 – via DCNS
The self-defence system with an undersea vehicle (UUV) would shoot a Mica medium-range missile.
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December 22, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
CDL Systems has developed an open, standards-based, and commercial off-the-shelf software product that has been integrated into unmanned vehicle platforms. The company’s products are designed on interoperable and open architecture systems to support government and civil applications.
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December 19, 2012 – via Marine Technology Reporter
Knifefish employs a low-frequency broadband synthetic aperture side-scanning sonar to look for mines that are in the water column, or “proud” mines that are resting on the sea floor or partially buried.
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December 18, 2012 – via Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg Maritime is proud to announce that FUGRO Survey Ltd. has ordered the latest generation of HUGIN AUVs to augment their existing fleet of survey vehicles.
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November 30, 2012 – via CSBA
A new report says that the four critical capabilities and assets that the Defense Department will need to counter the predominant threats to national security in next decade are special operations forces, cyberspace assets, long-range strike bombers and unmanned aircraft, and more submarines and unmanned undersea vehicles
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November 29, 2012 – via IP University
Apart from deep sea research activities and rescue operations, the group claims the AUV can be applied to a range of other functions — underwater mine surveys, ocean floor mapping, oil and natural gas explorations.
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November 12, 2012 – via Mass High Tech
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) maker Hydroid Inc. will break ground on a research facility near its existing location at Heritage Commerical Park in Pocasset this week.
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November 8, 2012 – via BBC News
The Navy has been moving quickly to rush new robotic technologies to the field, including an unmanned underwater vehicle, known as the Kingfish
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November 5, 2012 – via China Daily
The center will speed up the development of the region’s marine technology.
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November 1, 2012 – via AUVSI
The website is part of AUVSI’s greater education campaign to help educate the public, decision makers and government officials about unmanned systems.
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October 27, 2012 – via DefenseWorld.net
According to various studies, the AUV market is set to expand up to $2.3 billion by 2019 while the military robotics field is expected to surpass $8 billion by 2016.
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October 24, 2012 – via NewsObserver
The company is halting efforts to develop Seaglider as a product and will focus on existing customers and research efforts that will now occur at iRobot’s headquarters in Bedford, Mass.
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October 22, 2012 – via French Direction Generale de l’Armement
Espadon aims to evaluate a system able to processing vast maritime and coastal areas, discreetly and without exposing the lives of operators. The system consists, among other demonstrators, of a surface drone, dubbed Sterenn Du (Black Star in the Breton language), which plays the role of drone-carrying drone, and two types of underwater drones that it will carry to the operations zone, which detect and identify mines.
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October 17, 2012 – via AUVSI
November 6-7 at the Naval War College, Newport, RI.
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October 17, 2012 – via Marinexplore
The company addresses the two biggest issues around managing marine-related big data: how to access the vast amount of data that reside in isolated silos, segregated and disconnected from each other; and how to make the time-consuming handling and processing of all this data more efficient.
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October 15, 2012 – via National Research Council Canada
A new robotic vehicle can navigate in any direction underwater without human intervention.
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October 15, 2012 – via OceanServer
Pairing this powerful sensor with the Iver2 AUV provides users with a powerful new survey approach for collecting magnetic data.
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October 12, 2012 – via Exocetus
The Exocetus [x-o-seat-us is the name of a flying fish] glider has been renamed the Exocetus Coastal Glider and will be manufactured in the Exocetus facility at 1444 East 9th Ave, Anchorage, AK, 99501, USA.
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October 2, 2012 – via Hydroid
German Bundeswehr purchaces six Remus 100 AUVs to enhance the capabilities of German Navy’s divers.
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September 27, 2012 – via Virginia Tech News
The new lab allows Schmale, Woolsey, and other researchers at Virginia Tech to investigate the increasing use of unmanned vehicles.
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September 25, 2012 – via The Patriot Ledger
The Proteus can carry unmanned cargo or up to 7 people at distances up to 500 miles underwater.
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September 4, 2012 – via Robotics Tomorrow
This custom servo drive has been specially designed for AC brushless motor thrusters and can operate at high hydrostatic pressures without the need of expensive pressure relief vessels.
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September 4, 2012 – via Robotics Tomorrow
This custom servo drive has been specially designed for AC brushless motor thrusters and can operate at high hydrostatic pressures without the need of expensive pressure relief vessels.
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September 3, 2012 – via Subsea World News
SeaRobotics Corporation has teamed with a private equity group led by Ocean Investments Capital to fund the expansion of the company’s core business, including the commercialization of its Robotic Hull Cleaning systems, and the development of new product lines in the ocean sciences and survey markets.
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August 24, 2012 – via AUVAC
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August 23, 2012 – via BBC News
Tritech specialises in underwater technology, including acoustic sensors and sonars
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August 21, 2012 – via Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
With more than 550 exhibitors and 7,400 attendees, AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2012 highlighted the future of unmanned systems in military, civilian and commercial applications.
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August 20, 2012 – via Hydro International
Developments in the use of autonomous underwater vehicles for science and industry are the subject of an international conference which takes place in Southampton, UK, from 25 to 27 September 2012.
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August 20, 2012 – via FedBizOps
he Coast Survey Development Lab intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Hydroid, Inc. The Coast Survey Development Lab (CSDL) requires the purchase of two (2) Remote Environmental Measuring Units (REMUS) Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Simulators for mission simulation and verification of government owned AUVs.
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August 9, 2012 – via Defense Update
Liquid Robotics, developer of the Wave Glider autonomous robotic surface platform for ocean surveying is broadening its activity to offer government and military solutions by establishing the new Federal Business unit.
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August 3, 2012 – via Reuters
At a small waterfront facility just outside Palm Beach, Florida, engineers have developed a 10-foot unmanned submarine named Marlin that uses sonar and other technologies developed for the U.S. military to inspect off-shore oil rigs in far less time and at lower cost than current systems.
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August 2, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
The system demonstrated increased operational speeds and nearly twice as much endurance as its predecessor—the prototype HAUV-2. In addition to its standard DIDSON imaging sonar, it is equipped with a camera, which provides vital supplemental visual information to divers tasked with re-locating contacts.
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August 2, 2012 – via The Gaurdian
Nato’s success with airborne drones inspires focus on unmanned maritime vehicles for surveillance and combat
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July 28, 2012 – via Navy Times
The robot, small enough for two sailors to carry, emits a signal from a sonar camera as it moves around the ship. Once it assesses the ship’s shape, it can move in closer and detect mines about the size of an iPhone.
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July 27, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
U.S. Navy researchers are looking to 3D imaging sonar experts at BlueView Technologies Inc. in Seattle to develop a low-power 450 Khz interferometric fiber laser sensor (FLS) system for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
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July 26, 2012 – via WHOI
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have partnered with two companies to build and market undersea technology developed at WHOI
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July 26, 2012 – via Janes Defence Weekly
The South African armaments acquisition agency, Armscor, has issued a request for information (RfI) on behalf of the South African Navy for an “organic core sea mine warfare” system that will provide a full range of capabilities and can be expanded.
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July 25, 2012 – via FedBizOps
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) intends to solicit, on a Sole Source basis, OceanServer Technology for one (1) each Iver2 AUV-EP-42 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and required accessory items.
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July 24, 2012 – via UK Trade & Investment
Purchase of two Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) and three computer systems for mine detection and harbour protection to be delivered by 2013 to the Polish Navy.
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July 18, 2012 – via OceanServer
OceanServer Technology, Inc. has received a contract from Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) for an Iver2 AUV equipped with an L-3 Klein 3500 Side Scan Sonar.
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July 17, 2012 – via NOAA
Design, Fabrication and Technical Support of SeaBED Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
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July 13, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bluefin Robotics announced today that the company has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review for Knifefish, the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV).
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July 12, 2012 – via VCT
HarborScan is a two-man portable 7 ½” diameter AUV, 98” in length with a maximum operating depth of 300 meters. Navigation sensors include GPS, DVL and INS.
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July 11, 2012 – via FedBizOps
To help inform the potential US DoD Contractor MOAA user base, the Navy plans to hold a MOAA Industry Day at the Kossiakoff Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD, 20723 on 14 Sept 2012.
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July 11, 2012 – via FedBizOps
To help inform the potential US DoD Contractor MOAA user base, the Navy plans to hold a MOAA Industry Day at the Kossiakoff Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD, 20723 on 14 Sept 2012.
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July 10, 2012 – via UMCES
Not only will it help researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science diagnose the health of the Chesapeake Bay, but the marine robot will be available as a shared resource for scientists to use in coastal environments around the world.
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July 1, 2012 – via Exocetus
Eocetus has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the assets, intellectual property [2 patents and 1 pending] and technology for the Littoral Glider from ANT [formerly Alaska Native Technologies LLC].
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June 29, 2012 – via Teledyne Gavia
Teledyne Gavia’s “Offshore Surveyor” is increasingly being utilised by commercial survey companies where the low logistics approach and modular design of the Gavia, coupled with a 1,000m depth rating allow for considerable cost savings in the survey role when compared to traditional means.
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June 27, 2012 – via Phoenix International Holdings
Phoenix is offering its global AUV services to customers in the military, government agencies, the ocean research community, oil and gas industry, as well as to those with interests in archaeological and cultural resource investigations.
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June 12, 2012 – via Emerald Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The journal is dedicated to the advancement of the applied science, technology and know-how of unmanned systems through the dissemination of original research work representing significant advances in the design, development, testing and operation of unmanned vehicles and systems for various applications.
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June 12, 2012 – via Hydroid
New System Rounds Out AUV Fleet to 5 Vehicles
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June 5, 2012 – via Aviation Week
The underwater acoustic-evading technology for submarines and unmanned undersea vehicles creates a coating that features broadband, passive waveguides, which redirect acoustic energy around an object, “rendering it nearly undetectable” to active sonar
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May 31, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bluefin will deliver an 1,500-meter depth-rated Bluefin-21 AUV system and upgrade the system to a depth rating of 4,500-meters
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May 31, 2012 – via Teledyne Technologies
BlueView’s imaging sonars and microbathymetry systems further increase Teledyne’s instrumentation content on AUVs
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May 29, 2012 – via Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Funds support acquisition of instruments from California, Massachusetts manufacturers and new field research Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego
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May 24, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
The company is making the capability available so that current and future users of Bluefin AUVs may leverage SeeByte’s smart solutions and additional modules.
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May 16, 2012 – via Hydroid
The Norwegian University of Technology and Science – NTNU has purchased one REMUS 100 system to support and enhance the operations of the University’s Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory – AUR Lab.
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May 10, 2012 – via Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
UK research to develop smart machines that think for themselves will receive a £16million boost today thanks to a major partnership between the government and industry.
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May 10, 2012 – via Business Week
The drones are an upgrade from a small fleet of remote- controlled underwater vehicles the Navy has used since the 1990s to comb shallow harbors and clear debris for ships.
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May 4, 2012 – via Signal Magazine
The U.S. Navy will be using unmanned vehicles both in the air and underwater to a greater extent, according to Rear Adm. William Leigher, director of warfare integration for information dominance (N-2/N-6F)
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April 27, 2012 – via Maritime Executive
Government agencies and marine service companies are finding a variety of uses for acoustic pingers and pinger receivers.
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April 25, 2012 – via FedBizOps
Autonomous Undewater Vehicle Support Services
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April 23, 2012 – via Hydroid
REMUS 600-S Features Advanced Technology to Exceed IHO Standard.
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April 23, 2012 – via UTEC Survey
The AUVs incorporate many key features including: a nosecone-mounted digital stills camera and Imagenex obstacle avoidance sonar, the Inertial Navigation System-T-24 IMU by Kearfott DVL, which is aided by 1200kHz Doppler Velocity Log from Teledyne RDI. Additionally both of UTEC’s AUVs have a Side Scan Sonar – dual-frequency (900-1800kHZ) by Marine Sonics Technology Ltd., and a Multi-beam Echo Sounder – Geoswath Plus by GeoAcoustics.
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April 23, 2012 – via FedBizOps
The prospective contractor shall develop an autonomy testing system that allows autonomy development on land based simulators to in water testing on UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) in a realistic environment.
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April 20, 2012 – via Science
House appropriations subcommittee responsible for NOAA proposes folding NURP into the agency’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), and “purging or maintaining” NURP’s current fleet of submersibles and underwater robots.
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April 18, 2012 – via National Defense
DARPA also is looking to improve underwater sensors. The distributed agile submarine hunting program, or DASH, aims to create a network of small unmanned underwater vehicles that scan upwards from deep in the sea to detect quiet diesel electric subs. The technology also would give operators a look into abysmal plains deep on the ocean floor.
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April 18, 2012 – via Birns
Unparalleled, Brilliant 14,000 Lumen Light Output for High Performance Underwater Vehicle Use
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April 18, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are trying to reduce the military’s reliance on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite guidance for advanced munitions, mid- and long-range missiles, and other weapons by creating a navigation-system-on-a-chip that combines traditional and atomic inertial guidance technology.
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April 16, 2012 – via General Dynamics
General Dynamics unveiled a quarter-scale model of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SMCM UUV), known as “Knifefish,” at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition
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April 16, 2012 – via Wired
This is a scale model of the Navy’s newest drone sub, called the Knifefish. Manufactured by General Dynamics, the Navy unveiled it for the first time on Monday at its annual Sea Air Space convention just outside Washington, D.C.
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April 11, 2012 – via Hydroid
The AUVs were acquired by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) on behalf of the RNoN and will be used by the Norwegian Armed Forces for mine countermeasure operations.
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April 10, 2012 – via Meller Optics
Meller Optics, Inc. is introducing custom fabricated sapphire optics that can withstand saltwater and high pressure, making them ideal for use in military and commercial submersible and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) applications.
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April 5, 2012 – via OceanServer
The new system is expected to be a multipurpose vehicle used for general imaging surveys and a test platform for new methods to characterize sites with underwater military munitions (UWMM).
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April 3, 2012 – via DefPro
Hydroid announced today that it has shipped four REMUS 100 systems to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD). The AUVs will be used for mine countermeasure operations as well as investigating and mapping sea floor dispersion of contaminants following last year’s 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
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March 27, 2012 – via Emerald Research
The journal is dedicated to the advancement of the applied science and technology of unmanned systems. It aims to disseminate original research representing significant advances in the design, development, testing and operation of unmanned vehicles and systems for various applications.
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March 20, 2012 – via Hydroid
In December 2011, Hydroid delivered its 200th REMUS 100 AUV to the Swedish Navy, which purchased two of the vehicles to support its mine countermeasures program.
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March 16, 2012 – via DARPA STO
The unique physical attributes and emergent environmental trends in the Arctic offer opportunities to tailor new technology that otherwise limits traditional approaches.
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March 15, 2012 – via National Defense
At the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, scientists and engineers are working on a variety of underwater and surface vessels that one day may do some of the fighting on their own.
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March 14, 2012 – via National Defense Apr 2012
The Pentagon’s budget request for unmanned maritime systems (including unmanned surface) research, development, testing, procurement, operations and maintenance is approximately $641 million for the 2011 to 2015 period.
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March 14, 2012 – via Naval Research Laboratory
On Friday, March 16, 2012, the Naval Research Laboratory will open a new facility — the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR), at its main site located in Washington, D.C.
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March 13, 2012 – via DefPro
Interview with Christopher von Alt, President and CEO of Hydroid, Inc.
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March 13, 2012 – via Ocean News and Technology
This unique wireless communications technology promises to enable subsea data to be transferred at speeds equivalent to broadband.
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March 12, 2012 – via Atlas Elektronik
Unmanned underwater vehicle passes under the Swabian Jura mountains in seven hours
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March 8, 2012 – via 2G Robotics
Underwater electromagnets are very useful because they can be turned on or off by interrupting the circuit. Before energizing the underwater electromagnet, the magnets are easily placed into position by ROV or diver. With the introduction of this technology to the industry underwater deployment specifically related to stability of small systems underwater has been dramatically improved.
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March 7, 2012 – via Hydroid
AUV to be used by Naval Oceanographic Office for deep ocean operations.
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March 7, 2012 – via The Hindu Business Line
Unmanned underwater vehicles and devices help cut operation costs and enhance efficiency in oil and gas exploration, says Mr Srinivasa Raju, CEO of Geomardy.
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March 7, 2012 – via Hydro International
From 13 to 15 March 2012 in the ExCeL Centre situated in the London Docklands, seven separate one-day conferences are scheduled, focusing on ocean observation & forecasting; hydrography & geophysics; navigation & positioning; oil & gas; marine renewables; maritime security; and unmanned underwater vehicles.
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March 2, 2012 – via Subsea World News
YUMEIRUKA (pronounced “yume-iruka”), a coined word meaning dream and dolphin, was chosen to be the name of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) newly developed and constructed by JAMSTEC.
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February 24, 2012 – via Barentsobserver.no
The Russian Navy is buying the Icelandic-developed Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
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February 23, 2012 – via Marinelink.com
Douglas-Westwood Press Release: The AUV market will continue to be dominated by North American activity; Military and research sectors to have 90% market share by 2016.
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February 23, 2012 – via ORE Offshore
The two divisions have been operating successfully under one roof for many years and the company is excited to continue building its strong reputation under one common name moving forward.
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February 21, 2012 – via Hydroid
The Remus 100-S is an evolution of the highly successful, man portable REMUS 100 system configured specifically for hydrographic and offshore surveys.
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February 21, 2012 – via DARPA RDDS
A New 9 M UMUV emerged in the FY 12 DARPA RDDS
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February 21, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bluefin Robotics, a subsidiary of Battelle, is joining with The Columbia Group to invest in the next generation large submersible vehicle.
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February 16, 2012 – via DefPro
wo new REMUS 100 AUVs will enable the Belgian Navy to detect underwater mines, improvised explosive devices and other undetonated ordnances at Very Shallow Water (VSW) areas
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February 16, 2012 – via OceanServer
SC Marine Research SRL Takes Delivery of Two Iver2 AUVs
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February 16, 2012 – via Hibbard Inshore
Hibbard Inshore, the Michigan based deep tunnel and underwater specialist is first to order the new Saab Seaeye Sabertooth hybrid long-range AUV/ROV.
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February 15, 2012 – via SAAB
The double-hulled version of the SAAB Seaeye Sabertooth offers twice the operational duration of the single-hulled Sabertooth launched last year. The Sabertooth concept combines the technologies of both AUV and ROV into a single unified resource. The result is a vehicle with the range and manoeuvrability of an AUV and the tooling capability of a light-work ROV.
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February 10, 2012 – via Hydroid
Hydroid has delivered a REMUS 100 AUV to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
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February 9, 2012 – via EdgeTech
The new 2205 Series is the latest generation of electronics, transducers and software specifically optimized for the demanding size, power and cost constraints present in hosted platform systems.
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February 3, 2012 – via Moscow Times
The Defense Ministry plans to spend 729 million rubles ($24.5 million) on eight underwater drones made by Icelandic firm Teledyne Gavia
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February 1, 2012 – via MOAA
The U.S. Navy has moved into full rate production of its underwater Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) program, calling for the manufacture of 35 gliders from a Huntsville, Ala., company.
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February 1, 2012 – via NSWC Panama City
Today, the NSWC PCD is a significant developer of autonomy for mine countermeasures (MCM) and littoral warfare for the US Navy, using unmanned vehicles as a force multiplier to defeat littoral threats and reducing the risk to the warfighter.
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February 1, 2012 – via Philadelphia Business Reporter
Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. is being awarded a $9.64 million contract by the Navy to advance the development of a “Mobile Shallow Water Antisubmarine Target System,
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January 25, 2012 – via UVOnline
Boeing is preparing to conduct sonar payload testing in March using its Echo Ranger UUV test bed
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January 25, 2012 – via Princeton Security Technologies
Princeton Security Technologies Completes Radiation Sensor Testing on LDUUV With Boeing
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January 24, 2012 – via National Defense
Today, unmanned underwater vehicles only search for such threats. The office wants to add manipulators and other tools that could be used to render the IEDs safe. Modifications of existing commercial or military systems will be considered.
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January 23, 2012 – via Marinelink.com
During November and December 2011 the Swedish Navy received the last two of four state of-the-art Remus 100 AUVs
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January 22, 2012 – via Eurasia Review
The 3-Kg Phoenix is a mono-propelled propulsion system that has a fin maneuverability system, and can “can carry out surveillance for one meter,”
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January 19, 2012 – via Visiongain
This report offers an examination of the ROV and AUV market over the next decade, providing detailed market forecasts for each of the regional markets and offering in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing companies in the ROV and AUV market throughout the world.
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January 12, 2012 – via Hydroid
Hydroid has received a contract to deliver upgrades to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s current fleet of REMUS 100 vehicles
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January 5, 2012 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bluefin Robotics has received ISO 9001:2008 Certification for the design, development, manufacturing, operation, and servicing of their Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related products.
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December 30, 2011 – via GeoAcoustics
The company GeoAcoustics (Great Yarmouth, UK) has officially changed its name to Kongsberg GeoAcoustics Ltd
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December 19, 2011 – via Earth Times
A mini-submarine shaped like a penguin has been created to explore life 6,000 metres under the sea. The yellow Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) has been developed to combat the high pressure in the ocean depths by a team at the Technical University of Berlin.
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December 16, 2011 – via Hydroid
The REMUS 100 AUVs will be used to support Sweden’s mine countermeasures program, especially in harbors and other confined or shallow waters.
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December 13, 2011 – via AUVSI
Abstracts Due 13 January 2012
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December 11, 2011 – via The Hindu Business Line
Some of the projects that were jointly developed and delivered together include the launch and recovery system for the Underwater Autonomous Vehicle.
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December 11, 2011 – via Deccan Herald
The project primarily meant for defence research with Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, as the concurrent engineering partner.
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December 2, 2011 – via ISE
The vehicle will be used for marine search and recovery as well as survey operations. The JCG Explorer will also be supplied with a light-weight self-articulating ramp based launch and recovery system which will be installed on one of their ships.
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December 2, 2011 – via OceanServer
– OceanServer Technology has unveiled a new “Base42” vehicle equipped with the L-3 Klein UUV-3500 High Resolution side scan sonar.
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November 25, 2011 – via Defense News
The project aims at improving sonar performance by reducing the effects of self-induced noise and providing tools for developing conformal hydrophone arrays.
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November 23, 2011 – via Department of Energy
Lockheed Martin researchers will demonstrate that an AUV with advanced autonomy and sensors can perform subsea structural inspection tasks
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November 21, 2011 – via Bluefin Robotics
The SMCM UUV system will include two Bluefin-21 UUVs in addition to launch and recovery equipment, a support container, spare parts and support equipment.
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November 15, 2011 – via US Department of Defense
January 11, 2012 Solicitation closes to receipt of proposals
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November 14, 2011 – via SSC Pacific
SSC Pacific is seeking sources to provide Research, Development, Testing and, Evaluation (RDT&E;) services to Autonomous Unmanned Systems (AUS) programs across underwater, maritime, ground, air, and space domains
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November 10, 2011 – via UPI
The Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle system will be part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Warfare mission package.
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November 3, 2011 – via Hydro International
Dr. McFarlane started ISE in 1974 and has been involved with the design, construction, and operation of manned, tethered and untethered Remotely Operated Vehicles as well as subsystems of these vehicles including manipulators and computer control systems. In 2009, ISE was inducted into the Offshore Energy Center Hall of Fame and was also named as one of Canada’s top 40 defence companies.
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October 25, 2011 – via NOAA
OER provides direction to NOAA and advises the U.S. Department of Commerce in the field of ocean exploration, research, and advanced technology development.
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October 22, 2011 – via FedBizOps
This announcement seeks out technologies and methodologies used to autonomously collect geotechnical data and use it to deduce geotechnical properties of the seafloor. This data must be collected without direct physical interface to the seafloor in the specific mission area of interest. It is assumed that the sensor utilized will not require a physical interface with the seafloor.
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October 21, 2011 – via Hydro International
Hydroid president and co-founder Christopher von Alt has been named the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society.
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October 20, 2011 – via Unmanned
New Market Report Published
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October 19, 2011 – via Hydroid
Hydroid Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has received a contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a new REMUS 600 AUV system. The REMUS 600 will provide NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey with full bottom coverage depth sounding data in conformance with NOAA standards for nautical charting.
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October 14, 2011 – via PRWEB.COM Newswire
Teledyne Gavia announced today the sale and recent delivery of the Company’s Offshore Surveyor class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to Geological Assistance and Services (GAS) of Bologna, Italy.
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October 14, 2011 – via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
During his 90-minute visit to WHOI, Governor Patrick toured several of the Institution’s labs and was briefed on its robotic vehicle development and ocean observing programs.
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September 30, 2011 – via Signal Magazine
General Dynamics Advanced Informational Systems Incorporated, McLeansville, North Carolina, is being awarded a potential $86,719,986 contract with cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and firm-fixed-price line items for the engineering, manufacturing and development of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV).
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September 21, 2011 – via Defence Professionals
To provide insight into this growing multi-billion dollar market, Market Intel Group LLC (MiG) is launching a new, comprehensive market and technology forecast titled: “Unmanned Maritime Systems – Defense & Security UUV & USV – Markets, Technologies & Opportunities Outlook – 2012-2020”
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September 21, 2011 – via Defence Professionals
To provide insight into this growing multi-billion dollar market, Market Intel Group LLC (MiG) is launching a new, comprehensive market and technology forecast titled: “Unmanned Maritime Systems – Defense & Security UUV & USV – Markets, Technologies & Opportunities Outlook – 2012-2020”
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September 14, 2011 – via Bluefin Robotics
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) announced today that the company has acquired the assets of Hawkes Remotes, Inc (HRI), a spinoff from Hawkes Ocean Technologies (HOT), that develops advanced Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Bluefin plans to leverage their AUV autonomy and subsea vehicle experience to add hybrid capabilities to the Hawkes ROVs and offer them as an extension of their current product line to the oil and gas industry.
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September 9, 2011 – via OceanServer
OceanServer Technology, Inc. has recently received AUV orders from NOAA and the University of Wisconsin for use in scientific research and mapping applications.
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September 6, 2011 – via Hydroid
Company to provide Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and docking stations for research program.
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August 29, 2011 – via C&C; Technologies
AUV fleet has completed over 240,000 kilometers of deepwater mapping since beginning commercial operations in January 2001.
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July 22, 2011 – via OceanServer
OceanServer Technology, Inc. has recently received new orders for four Iver2 AUVs, two for US end users, one from a European research organization and the first for a South American survey company.
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May 20, 2010 – via Hydro International
Hydroid has received multiple delivery orders under an existing US Navy contract to provide three additional MK 18 Mod 1 Swordfish variants of the Remus 100 to the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Command (NOMWC) headquartered at Stennis Space Center, Miss, USA, in partnership with PMS 408 (EOD).
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