Supplying NURC with gliders26/01/2009 |
| After extensive technical review, Teledyne Webb Research has been awarded a contract to supply the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in La Spezia (Italy) with Slocum Gliders. Teledyne Webb has already delivered a vehicle simulator for training purposes, and has received a delivery order for four Slocum gliders. The contract includes an option for up to three additional systems over a three-month period. |
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The Slocum glider is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that is driven by a variable buoyancy system as opposed to a traditional propeller. The long-range and duration capabilities of Slocum gliders make them ideally suited for extensive data collection over a large area. Carrying a wide variety of sensors, the vehicle can be programmed to patrol for weeks at a time, surfacing to transmit their data to shore while downloading new instructions at regular intervals. To date, Teledyne Webb Research has delivered 124 Slocum gliders to 40 user groups, which have collected data over 120,000 km of the world's oceans. Read more about: AUV Training simulator Website: http://www.webbresearch.com/ Supplier: Teledyne Webb Research Corporation More news from this supplier: US Navy LBS-Glider Programme Open Ocean Glider Contract for Ocean Observatories Initiative Gliders for Ocean Observatories 5000th Profiling Float Finistere and Mediterranean Bathymetric Lidar Surveys Precise Positioning For BP Vessels DP Inertial Navigation System for Drillship Plug-and-work Protocol Adopted Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents Monitoring the Shipwrecked Concordia New Australian Marine Research Vessel under Construction Mars-bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects Europeans Trained in Understanding Space Weather US Estimate: 15% Wave and Tidal Power by 2030 
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