Canada’s Kraken Robotics has secured $1.1 million in contracts from two customers for its AquaPix synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) systems. The deliveries will go to the UK and Singapore for integration onto small man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Kraken did not reveal the names of t
Paris-headquartered Groupe Gorgé has completed the acquisition of iXblue, bringing it under the same roof as ECA Group. According to iXblue, the two companies will benefit from a global workforce of 1,500 persons and will achieve an annual turnover of €250 million. “In addition to our complementary
UK-based HydroSurv has moved into new facilities in order to deliver expansion in production capacity for its uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) used for hydrographic and environmental data collection. HydroSurv said that the expansion of production facilities comes as a move to meet the demand for USV
A.IKANBILIS, said to be the world’s first underwater inspection vehicle featuring adaptive autonomy, has completed trials at the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Germany. Trials of the hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV) were conducted by Nordsee One and supported by manufacturer BeeX and
The U.S.-headquartered Leidos is developing new unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) that are planned to feature advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and sensing capabilities, among others. Leidos announced two UUVs that will feature technology to support commercial and military activities. Along wi
The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has kicked off research on end-of-life oil fields in the North Sea using the robot submarine Boaty McBoatface with the aim of helping monitor and protect the marine environment and support industry transition towards net-zero targets. The Autosub Long-Rang
UK’s Modus Subsea Services has secured what is said to be the first-ever resident subsea drone contract with Equinor for the provision of subsea intervention drone missions at the Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway. The scope covers underwater intervention drone operations for the Johan Sverdrup f
Tanjung Offshore Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of energy solutions provider T7 Global, has received a letter of award (LOA) from Petronas for the delivery of mini remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services. The award is effective for two years, until 11 August 2024, and will see Tanjung Offshore
Swiss underwater robotics company Hydromea and Scotland’s remote technology specialist Air Control Entech (ACE) have entered into a service partnership agreement to commercialize what is said to be the world’s first wireless remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) for inspections at offshore floa
Nauticus Robotics and CleanTech Acquisition Corp. (CLAQ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have closed their business combination, resulting in Nauticus becoming a publicly listed company. The resulting company will operate under the name Nauticus Robotics, Inc. and will
Marine survey contractor Argeo is ready to start commercial work with the newly purchased Hugin 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from Kongsberg Maritime. The company will start commercial operations under the recently secured 12-month contract with a total net value of $4.5 million. As infor
Oceaneering’s hybrid AUV/ROV system Freedom has achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 on a 1-9 scale, following an extensive testing and qualification program. Freedom is the result of a long-term collaboration between Oceaneering, TotalEnergies, and Chevron dating back to 2014, with Equinor joining
Saipem and Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) have signed an extension of their existing services agreement to include the provision of Saipem’s FlatFish underwater drone for environmental monitoring and inspection of asset integrity. The existing contract between the parties provides for the storage
Nauticus Robotics has entered into an agreement with oil major Shell to advance to the qualification phase for a more efficient means of acquiring subsea integrity data using the Aquanaut and Hydronaut robotic platforms. The collaboration is expected to enable Shell to add an advanced tool to its su
