In the summers of 2021 and 2022, an iXblue DriX USV was deployed to try and locate the missing wreck of the sunken French fishing trawler Ravenel. The vessel disappeared...

The National Center of Space Research and Technology of Kazakhstan is currently implementing digital bathymetric surveys that provide detailed riverbed mapping data, as Berik Rakhymzhanov, deputy director of Space Remote...

Since the 1970s, remote sensing has increasingly been used to conduct underwater surveys. Several methodologies are employed in hydrographic surveying, from direct techniques such as probing rods to more sophisticated...

Maritime Robotics recently launched a new multipurpose unmanned surface vehicle (USV) platform, the Mariner X, with a configurable design and built for high-quality data acquisition at sea. The platform wields...

Uncrewed vehicles, both surface and airborne, are increasingly being used for hydrographic surveying. While the technology of data acquisition using these platforms is generally known, the fusion of this data...

Aquatic Drones, based in the Netherlands, recently introduced the Phoenix 5 Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV). The unit, with a length of five metres, provides a stable platform for a range...

Wreck search is a special application of hydrographic surveying. Countless sunken ships – or what’s left of them – have been discovered over the years, often by means of a...

The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy has purchased iXblue’s DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) through the company’s local partner Thesta. The USV will be advancing the Polish Navy hydrographic...

FarSounder and NAVTOR have announced a new partnership through which FarSounder can include support for NAVTOR official ENC chart data in its base software package. FarSounder and NAVTOR both aim...

SHOM – the French national hydrographic service – is planning to replace most of its aging seagoing assets in the near future and, in this context, a four-week sea trial...