U.S. Navy Contract for Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc.

Kongsberg Maritime's USA subsidiary, Kongsberg Underwater Technology Inc., has received the first delivery order of US$2,132,109 USD for integrated Multi-beam Sonar Systems for the Navy. These systems include deep water multi-beam echo sounders, multi-frequency single beam echo sounders, deep water sub-bottom profilers and acoustic doppler current profilers.
The systems are for permanent installation aboard the six T-AGS 60 class survey vessels operated by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO).
The contract is for performance over a five year period and if all options are exercised will continue until February 2011 with an estimated total value of US$29,545,558 USD. The contract includes design, manufacture, test, integration, installation and overall support of the new systems.
The integrated equipment package selected by the Navy includes four sonar systems:

• EM 120 (1° x 1°) - Deep-water Multi-beam echo Sounder for mapping to full ocean depth
  
• EA 600 (200, 38, 12 kHz) - Multi-frequency Single Beam echo sounder for surveying at all depths
  
• SBP 120 (3° x 3°) - Deep-water Sub-Bottom Profiler for high-resolution sub-bottom data to full ocean depth
  
• ADCP (supplied from Teledyne RD Instruments)-multi-frequency Doppler Current Profiler for shallow and deep current profiling