Fugro has placed an order for a cutting-edge Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). To be delivered Q4 2008, the third HUGIN in Fugro's AUV arsenal will be based at the company's Far East facilities in Singapore, in order to address the growing deep water market in the Asia Pacific region. |
18 May 2008
Leading survey company orders third Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN AUV
14 May 2008
24/7 Service and Maintenance Agreement
There are three levels of Service and Maintenance Agreements fulfilling individual needs. The benefit of having an SMA includes yearly maintenance and performance verification as well as firmware and hardware updates. The most comprehensive agreement includes on-site support and the availability of a loaner system during service to reduce downtime even further. All systems are registered under unique control numbers allowing RESON Support to efficiently track each system and keep service records up to date. The RESON service centers offer 24/7 product support by phone or e-mail to shorten downtime regardless of the location of the system. |
Tritech International Appointment
Tritech International Ltd has appointed Maurice Fraser as its new Sales and Marketing Director. Throughout his short career with Tritech they have taken a keen interest in his professional development, leading to this position on the board.
Prior to joining Tritech, Maurice enjoyed a long and successful career with the Royal Air Force in a variety of senior aircraft engineering roles. . Maurice has a BSc in Mathematics and Computing and HNCs in Electricity & Electronics and Mechatronics. |
13 May 2008
EdgeTech on REMUS 600 AUVs
EdgeTech's 2200-S 850 kHz Dynamically Focused Side Scan System will be installed on the Hydroid REMUS 600 AUVs recently ordered by the UK Ministry of Defence. The 850 kHz dynamically focused frequency provides extra high resolution imagery at longer ranges which makes it an ideal tool for Mine Countermeasure (MCM) surveys. The EdgeTech 2200-S systems will also be used by the Royal Navy for hydrographic surveys and environmental assessments. The EdgeTech 2200-S System is designed specifically for small AUVs and comes available with a choice of dual simultaneous 120 & 410 or 230 & 540 kHz frequencies or 230 with 850 kHz dynamically focused frequency. Other frequency combinations are also possible. |
09 May 2008
Global Digital Vector Chart Service
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched the Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS). AVCS will provide the international mariner with an integrated global set of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) schemed in folios along the major shipping routes and covering the world's top ports, with ordering, flexible licensing and updating services. The service overcomes the present requirement to carry, maintain and use a mix of ENC, Raster and paper charts drawn from multiple sources. AVCS provides access to all previously available ENCs and exclusive access to a significant number of new ENCs, produced by the UKHO in co-operation with many of the world's Hydrographic offices, to fill gaps in coverage. To improve consistency, in addition to ensuring that newly produced coverage seamlessly sits alongside existing coverage, the UKHO has worked with many Hydrographic Offices to improve overall consistency. AVCS comprises only of official ENCs produced by government Hydrographic Offices and therefore is fully compliant with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) legislation for use within Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). Maintaining up-to-date ENCs is critical for their compliance and therefore the UKHO is launching the Admiralty Updating Service alongside AVCS which means that chart amendments can in the future be much more easily applied. |
07 May 2008
GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals
Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today. This is a truly historic step for satellite navigation since GIOVE-B is now, for the first time, transmitting the GPS-Galileo common signal using a specific optimised waveform, MBOC (multiplexed binary offset carrier), in accordance with the agreement drawn up in July 2007 by the EU and the US for their respective systems, Galileo and the future GPS III. |

Maurice joined Tritech in 2003 as the Customer Training & Commissioning Engineer before joining the sales and marketing team with responsibilities for international business development. During this time Maurice and the sales and marketing team exceeded targets year on year. With a successful global expansion to over 30 distributors worldwide Tritech's international turnover increased by 40% p.a. through to the end of 2007.