Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs) are a great help in applications where either position stability is of great importance or where bridging (small) positioning gaps is a requirement. To understand INS,...

The US Navy and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) are committed to realising the vision that Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are available, affordable, and can play a critical role for...

With iMAR Navigation’s iNAT-RQT-4003, an RLG-based highly accurate INS/GNSS system is launched which is not affected by any ITAR regulations and which is handled under standard dual-use export control only....

The HYPACK 2017 Hydrographic Training Event is scheduled to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, from 9-12 January 2017. The Hilton Riverside New Orleans will provide accommodation and host...

Sonardyne has used 2G Robotics’ underwater laser scanning technology to dynamically scan and map the seabed in Monterey Bay, California, USA. The high-resolution deepwater mapping of Sur Ridge was performed...

On the evening before the opening of OI 2016, iXBlue literally unveiled the ROVINS NANO. This compact unit provides highly accurate positioning at all depths, including for middle water station...

The UK-based Heriot-Watt University has successfully integrated SeeByte CoPilot with their Seaeye Falcon 1256, an observation-class ROV. With assistance from Heriot-Watt University’s Ocean Systems Laboratory personnel, the SeeByte team integrated...

This article presents the development, production and testing of wireless underwater acoustic video communications, which is unique in the world today. It also discusses the implementation of this technique on...

The rapid growth of interest in tidal energy has highlighted the role of current profilers, able to measure the speed and direction of currents with increased accuracy in some of...

Teledyne RD Instruments (TRDI, USA) has received an order for a further ten custom-designed Explorer Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) to provide precision navigation and current profiling capability on board OceanServer...