L3Harris, Voyis and Wavefront have joined forces to introduce cutting-edge technology aimed at enhancing the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capabilities of the NATO Navy. L3Harris specializes in the development of...

Since the management of coastal areas came to the attention of marine science, much effort has been expended in applying originally ‘blue water’ measurement technologies to typical scientific problems in...

Over the past decade, acoustic current profiling instruments have proven to be a powerful tool in measuring currents in the ocean, obtaining direction and magnitude of currents in a vertical...

The Japan Coast Guard continuously operates two types of real-time ocean current observation systems with High-Frequency (HF) radar. These have been operational in the area of Izu Islands since August...

OSIL has recently supplied several SonTek Argonaut-XR (Extended Range) Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers for use in projects where shallow-water current monitoring is required. The Argonaut XR is specifically designed for...

Researchers at the Heron Island Research Station in Australia are using a Nortek velocimeter to determine how much hydrodynamic energy it takes to move “coral rubble”, the skeletons of corals...

Fugro and its technology partner Areté Associates have successfully delivered near-real-time, synoptic, surface current data to characterise loop current and loop current eddy conditions in the US Gulf of Mexico...

SeaDarQ organised a test together with the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Water Management on the coastline close to Kijkduin, The Netherlands. The aim was to provide an accurate hydrographic...

Metocean Services International (MSI, Australia) has completed the installation of three real-time current profile monitoring buoys offshore Curtis Island at Gladstone in Queensland, Australia, for Arrow Energy as part of...

OTT Hydromet, Germany, has released its latest discharge measurement innovation, the OTT MF pro handheld current meter. The OTT MF pro is a low-maintenance electromagnetic current meter for cost-efficient in-stream...