Triton Imaging Selected for Underwater Port Security System

NOAA has purchased Triton’s HarborSuite multi-beam and sidescan sonar acquisition and QC system for use in an underwater port security application. The system was purchased by NOAA’s Navigational Response Team (NRT) which is a component within the Office of Coast Survey. The system will be used to test the Baseline Port Security (BPS) concept being developed by the US Coast Guard R&D Center. With BPS, high-resolution sonar images of high-risk areas of the port seabed are periodically collected. The resultant images are compared with a set of baseline images. Changes are detected and suspicious objects are then investigated with divers and/or remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
In this application, Triton’s Isis Sonar software will control Reson 8125 multi-beam and Klein 5000 sidescan sonars. Triton’s MosaicRT and BathyRT software will provide real-time geo-coded images of the seabed and associated bathymetry to insure complete and accurate coverage of the seabed. Also included in the purchase is Triton’s innovative survey monitor software, Triton MB-Monitor. MB-Monitor analyses multi-beam data quality in real-time and provides easy-to-understand visual feedback to the vessel operator to insure high-quality data is being collected and insuring that no potentially dangerous objects will be overlooked.