The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has developed the first ever global wind speed products based on reflected GPS signals, using data from the UK TechDemoSat-1 satellite. This demonstrates the potential of this technique to improve sampling of ocean surface winds, as well as improve weather monitoring and forecasting by complementing existing satellite measurements from scatterometers and radiometers.
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As a result of multiple contract wins in 2016, independent subsea Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) service provider, ROVOP, has recovered strongly from the downturn in the oil and gas industry.
Intertek, a Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, announces that Intertek Energy & Water has been invited by Cardiff University to become an industrial partner to support a three-year tidal stream turbine research project.
A new MBARI robot that can traverse the deep sea, collecting data all on its own, is providing a boost to one of MBARI’s longest running research projects – the midwater-time series project. The robot carries a new video system called “i2MAP” (Investigations of Imaging for Midwater Autonomous Platforms). This new tool will add to the scientific observations MBARI researchers have been making with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for nearly two decades.
In a major change designed to facilitate adoption of its industry-leading SonarWiz software, Chesapeake Technology (CTI) has eliminated its license fee for all higher education institutions, effective immediately.
Professor Angela Hatton has begun her new role as Director of Science & Technology at the National Oceanography Centre. On her appointment, Professor Angela Hatton said, “These are interesting and exciting times for the NOC; addressing globally significant challenges, driving forward technology development and conducting science that has a positive impact on society and the economy.
Hydroid Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of marine robotics, has announced it has opened a new headquarters building in Pocasset, Mass. The new environmentally friendly building, located at 1 Henry Drive, houses the company’s corporate and administrative offices, and is on the same campus as Hydroid’s existing manufacturing and research facility.
The first robotic microsub capable of being deployed from a robotic surface vehicle was unveiled at the Marine Autonomous and Technology Annual Showcase this November, at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
Students and researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were given the opportunity to test their own Dynamic Positioning (DP) algorithms in a full-scale setting last week. The trials took place in the Trondheimsfjord aboard the ‘R/V Gunnerus’, the NTNU-owned research and education vessel to which KONGSBERG donated a state-of-the-art K-Pos DP system in 2015.