2019 - Sonardyne

Sonardyne proves new long-endurance navigation capabilities in Loch Ness

New standards in long-endurance underwater navigation and automated subsea positioning have been set following the successful completion of a joint project led by subsea technology specialist Sonardyne International Ltd., with partners the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and L3Harris. The two-year, £1.4 million Precise Positioning for Persistent Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (P3AUV) project, part funded by Innovate …

Future Korean submarine rescue capability to be supported by Sonardyne

Underwater positioning and tracking technology from Sonardyne International Ltd. is to be used to support search and recovery operations undertaken by the Republic of Korea Navy’s (RoKN’s) new auxiliary submarine rescue ship (ASR-II). Through a contract with GE’s Power Conversion business, the ASR-II will be fitted with Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system. This …

Healthy deployment machine; healthy USBL results

By Duncan Rigg Transceiver deployment systems are key to ensuring your Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system or sonar system performs at its best. I looked at selecting the right deployment system for you in my last blog. But, once you’ve installed your system, there are a number of basic checks that you can do to help …

Sounding out harbour porpoise

By Andy Marsh, Technical Consultant, Sonardyne Harbour porpoise are rather elusive creatures. They’re one of six species of porpoise and one of the smallest marine mammals. But, while they’re abundant in British coastal waters, including around river estuaries and even up rivers, their behaviours and social patterns aren’t very well known. In some areas, their …

Ranger 2 USBL – opening the window for polar research

When you’re working in extreme environments, where operational windows are measured in weeks not months, having the right kit on board counts. Geraint West, Global Business Manager – Oceanographic, looks at the challenges of remote science and discovers how the latest generation of polar research vessels is leaving shipyards equipped for success. The polar regions …

ROV in Residence

Our SPRINT-Nav hybrid navigation instrument is helping to drive a growing move towards the use of resident ROV systems. We visited Norway-based IKM Subsea to find out more. IKM Subsea has been taking a step-wise approach to resident subsea systems. After building its first all-electric remote operated vehicles (ROVs) in 2015, the company has gone …

Deploying your underwater transceiver – The options

Author: Duncan Rigg, Vessel Systems – Technical Lead Have you ever considered how the quality of the equipment you attach your transceiver to affects your transceiver’s performance? We have, which is why over the last 25 years we have been developing and perfecting our own deployment machines to suit most vessel types. These have been designed …

63rd Marine Measurement Forum Hosted by Sonardyne

By Geraint West – Global Business Manager, Oceanographic From entire basin-wide acoustic monitoring systems to unmanned surface vessel (USV) survey and data gathering operations, great in-roads are being made into how much we know and are now able to learn about the oceans. Some of these in-roads were shared at the 63rd Marine Measurement Forum …

Sonardyne acoustics chosen for flagship Brazilian research vessel

Science equipment and underwater vehicles deployed from Brazil’s flagship oceanographic research vessel, Alpha Crucis, are to be tracked using Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) positioning technology supplied by Sonardyne Brasil Ltda. The 64 m-long vessel, which is operated by the University of São Paulo, undertakes research projects spanning global climate change to biodiversity in Brazilian waters. It …

Sonardyne instruments chosen by A/S Norske Shell for long-term reservoir monitoring

A/S Norske Shell is launching a 10-year seabed subsidence monitoring campaign at its Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea, using long-endurance sensors from subsea monitoring specialist Sonardyne International Ltd. Norske Shell’s goal is to continuously monitor any movement of the seafloor at Ormen Lange, Norway’s second largest gas field. The data will help the …

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