Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) based in Great Yarmouth, UK, recently sold its 200th USBL system to rental company Sonar Equipment Services (SES). The sale was celebrated with a short ceremony and presentation by AAE’s Sales Advisor Julian Rickards to SES’s Managing Director, Scott Johnstone. The system bought was the Spread Spectrum rack-mount Easytrak Nexus USBL, [...]
Supported by Sonardyne International Ltd’s Scout USBL acoustic positioning technology, ARA Incorporated has recently completed a subsurface survey of Terminal 91 in the Port of Seattle. Commissioned following the discovery of World War II munitions on the seafloor under the cruise ship facility at Pier 91 within the terminal, ARA’s operation was to identify and [...]
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Nautronix have been awarded orders to supply upgrades to NASDrill USBL Transponder digital acoustic positioning systems for two of Songa Drilling’s Semi-Submersible Drilling Rigs, the Songa Venus and Songa Mercur, both currently operating in Malaysia. The systems are due for delivery in June and August 2012 respectively. Both these rigs have been operating with Nautronix [...]
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The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) has awarded a major contract to Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) for the supply of a number of USBL tracking systems and associated equipment. Following sea trials in Japan and a competitive tender process, JMSDF took the decision to invest in seven of AAE’s Alpha Portable systems, after witnessing [...]
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At the Oceanology International event in London this week, Applied Acoustics celebrated the sale of their 150th USBL tracking system to Seascape BV from The Netherlands. Sales Manager Gavin Willoughby handed over the award to Gert-Jan de Rooij the Sales Engineer from Seascape at a small ceremony on their stand, a most fitting venue as [...]
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The Submarine System for Inspection (SUSI) ROV, which was developed by AREVA, is a device used for ultrasonic inspection of nuclear reactor vessel baffle bolts. The ROV’s positioning system is required to document time and exact location of each measurement taken as the ROV examines numerous bolts that hold the baffle plates together. Such positioning [...]
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![ORE Offshore Introduces New Configurations of BATS USBL Systems (USA)]()
ORE Offshore (an affiliate of EdgeTech) announces three new configurations of their underwater acoustic tracking systems. The bundled USBL systems are based on the Broadband Acoustic Tracking System (BATS) product line. These specially priced solutions, configured specifically for: Shallow water, Mid-water/mid-range or Deepwater/long-range, makes it easier for the users to select and deploy a complete [...]
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![London: IMCA Publishes Guidance on Vessel USBL Systems]()
Advances in system design and sensor performance, together with high accuracy GNSS surface positioning, have led to a significant increase in the capability, performance and accuracy of modern ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning solutions. This has made it possible for such solutions to be used where previously more time-consuming and expensive solutions would have been [...]
