OFG Delivers Self-Compensating Magnetometers to DRDC

Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) has secured a contract for delivery and installation of two self-compensating magnetometer (SCM) systems for the Department of National Defence’s (DND) science and technology organization, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).

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The contract was awarded under the Built in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP), OFG informed.

The systems, which are supplied with a specialized subsea processing unit (SPU), will be installed on a shallow-water IVER autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a 5000 meter depth-rated ISE Explorer AUV.

Matthew Kowalczyk, CEO of OFG, said: “This will be the first installation of our integrated SCM+SPU system and we are extremely pleased that we have the opportunity to field it here in Canada with DRDC through the support of BCIP.” 

Applications for the SCM cover a wide variety of AUV missions ranging from geological mapping, mine-countermeasures, and vessel signatures, to unexploded ordnance (UXO), and marine archaeology.