From April 18 – 20, the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) in Southampton, UK, once again played host to the ocean industry’s cannot-miss exhibition and conference, Ocean Business 2023.
As the world transitions to greener energy solutions, electric underwater robots are ideally placed to support the oil and gas industry’s transition towards a sustainable future, whilst also helping advance the widening range of burgeoning renewable energy enterprises.
Subsea Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance, and Repair (IMMR) services for offshore wind infrastructure management are in high demand right now as developers seek to prioritize the integration of renewable energy sources into power grids around the world. Central to planned IMMR operations is the periodic examination of the array and export cables—a network of submarine cables installed to transfer the generated power from turbine to offshore substation to onshore substation—to ensure operational optimization and reliability.
When it comes to optimizing maritime surveillance in offshore—and often contested—waters, uncrewed surface vehicles, or USVs, present the ideal package for safe, cost-effective, and scalable remote operations.
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) Bluefin Robotics has a 25-year tradition of delivering unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) that have been customized for use by the military and research institutions to conduct challenging underwater missions and further undersea scientific knowledge.
MARTAC (Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc.) is a leading manufacturer of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). ON&T recently sat down with LCDR U.H. (Jack) Rowley, USN (Ret.), MARTAC’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), at the company’s 72,000-square-foot Melbourne FL-based headquarters and production plant to get his take on this rapidly expanding market.
Manned-Unmanned Teaming is the collaborative use of both manned and unmanned systems to achieve a common objective. In the context of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diving operations, Manned-Unmanned Teaming can be a valuable solution to enhance safety and efficiency.
Expeditionary maritime operations remain a critical aspect of naval operations across the globe. The dynamic geo-political landscape, coupled with the pace of technological advancement, and a growing set of budgetary challenges are driving naval leaders to develop novel concepts of operations to tackle increasingly complex undersea operations with fewer resources.
By G. Allen Brooks
Ocean News & Technology
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