In October 2015, Capt Brian D. Connon assumed the role of director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Maritime Safety Office. The organisation is an important, although not always visible, link in...

The National Oceanography Centre has begun a series of ambitious marine robotic vehicle trials off the UK coast. Working in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), NOC has deployed...

 AIRMAR Technology pushes the boundaries of ultrasonic technology to develop advanced products that withstand the harshest ocean environments while reliably facilitating data gathering from surface to full ocean depth. Our...

ASV has collaborated with the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM) consortium to conduct 10 days of Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data collection for its BP/Gulf...

ASV (headquartered in the UK) is a pioneer in the world of Autonomous Surface Vehicles. It discovered the potential of vessels that do not need man-power on board for various...

NOAA is one of the bigger organisations in the world that has surveying and charting in its portfolio. It’s an immense task as the USA has about 95,000 miles of coastline, important ports and a wide range of users – from recreational boaters to the biggest container vessels and tankers. The country also has to deal with environmental disasters like hurricanes and oil spills. NOAA is undergoing changes as the chart portfolio is ‘going digital’ and new initiatives such as using Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) for surveys. Hydro International interviews Capt Shep Smith, who generously gave an insight behind the scenes. NOAA is one of the bigger organisations in the world that has surveying and charting in its portfolio. It’s an immense task as the USA has about 95,000 miles of...

Challenging times for the offshore survey and metrology industry require innovative techniques and technologies that deliver operational efficiencies and productivity. And that, in the words of one of the co-chairmen...

Software that could better enable a fleet of robotic vehicles to work together to perform tasks such as seeking and tracking whales and dolphins has been successfully trialled in Loch...

The second year of the TUSExpo (The Unmanned Systems Expo) inaugurated a cooperation of the event organisers with the Hydrographic Society Benelux, hosting a dedicated workshop on unmanned vehicles for...

The Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Showcase has long been a feature at Oceanology International 2016 (OI 2016), which is taking place at ExCeL London, UK, from 15-17 March 2016. This conference...