Kongsberg Maritime has announced the next generation of its HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Named HUGIN Endurance, the new AUV boosts operational duration to approximately 15 days, enabling extended survey and inspection missions. This allows HUGIN Endurance to undertake extensive mission
Fugro is developing an offshore platform from which uncrewed vessels and drones can perform inspection and maintenance operations on offshore wind farms. Together with three partner companies and a research institute, Fugro has been granted EUR 3.3 million for the RoboDock project by the Netherlands
Consultancy firm Namaka Subsea has signed an agreement with Aberdeen-based software development company DEV4 Online. Namaka Subsea partnered with DEV4 as its preferred software supplier following the development of its Diving Content Management System, NAMS – Namaka Asset Management System. The syst
Fugro has selected Sonardyne to support its global fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Fugro will integrate Sonardyne’s Mini-Ranger 2 USBL; configured with Marine Robotics software extension pack, into its new 12 metre-long Blue Essence USV. The offshore s
ELWAVE, an industrial designer and manufacturer of electromagnetics sensors for the underwater and industrial robotics, has completed its first capital raise. The funds will support the company’s global growth ambition, industrialisation and commercialisation of its first products for underwater rob
Aleron Group has announced a high-level organisation restructure to align with its strategic growth plans to consolidate product and service offerings. The Group consisting of individual entities, Aleron Subsea and ROVQUIP, will now formally become a single entity, know as Aleron Limited. The divisi
Allseas has awarded subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the delivery of the complete electrical, hydraulic, and control system for its deep-sea mining nodule collector. The project is part of Allseas’ development program to realise advanced deep-water equipment for the gathering of p
Classification society Bureau Veritas has completed the proof of concept project for underwater remote surveys using the Seasam technology ecosystem from Notilo Plus on a Corsica Linea ship Mediterranée. Efficient underwater inspection of shipping vessels is important as a substitute for docking sur
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has introduced new and future-proof, sustainable solution for subsea services. The project, named Reach Remote, is a cooperation with industrial partners Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly, and also gets support from Innovation Norway. The first stage of Reach Remote
Oceaneering’s Subsea Robotics segment has won multiple contracts during the fourth quarter of 2020, with anticipated aggregate revenue in excess of $225 million. These contracts are with international oil and gas operators and marine construction companies, and range in duration from several months
Norwegian companies Multiconsult and Argeo have entered into a strategic cooperation to improve quality of marine surveys and increase construction insight of the seabed conditions for large coastal development projects and offshore structures. The two parties have also invested in a Hugin autonomou
Subsea robotics innovator Dive Technologies has chosen a complete suite of Sonardyne technologies for navigation, tracking and control of its large displacement DIVE-LD autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) programme. The DIVE-LD AUV could meet a wide range of long-endurance mission requirements, acro
USV manufacturer Saildrone has launched a 22-metre version of its uncrewed surface vehicles, known as saildrones. Powered by wind and solar energy, saildrones are capable of missions of up to 12 months in the open ocean. The latest and largest version is also the first in the Surveyor class of USVs,
Teledyne Marine has launched its new ultra compact modem (UCM). Sized at just 60 x 50 milimetres, and weighing in at just 55 grams, the OEM version of the UCM is the smallest acoustic modem that comes from Teledyne Benthos. The UCM is based on Teledyne Benthos signal processing technology to address
