Subsea technology specialist Seatronics has been announced as the first customer for Sonardyne’s new SPRINT-Nav Mini Navigator, launched just one week ago. Seatronics has purchased the technology, the world’s smallest hybrid acoustic-inertial navigation instrument, for its VALOR remotely operated vehicle (ROV), itself designed to be the smallest, most powerful and capable inspection class ROV in its category.

Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind development, has revealed its intention to invest up to £12bn directly with Scottish companies on developing and constructing offshore wind farms in the country over the next ten years, with £billions more to be spent with Scottish supply chain businesses once these wind farms become operational.

We are happy to announce the commencement of our year 2 subsea and hydrographic campaign on Beatrice, Scotland’s largest operational offshore wind farm. Remaining incumbent at Beatrice forms part of our continued growth strategy, with Rovco now having worked at over 50% of the operational wind farms in UK waters. Our growth is further supported by the recently announced investment of £9.5m in our new Survey Solutions division.

Fugro has signed a partnership agreement with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOC-UNESCO) to improve the coordination of and access to global ocean science data.

SeeByte and Raytheon Technologies are working together to bring Raytheon’s AN/AQS-20C advanced minehunting sonar system data into SeeByte’s SeeTrack v4, multi-domain command and control system.

The Dunfermline, U.K. Campus of TechnipFMC celebrated reaching a momentous milestone: the completion of its 1300th subsea tree (XT). Since its opening in 1974, the facility has delivered XTs to 34 customers in 21 countries. One third of the deliveries have been for Equinor, with the 1300th XT going to the Snorre project offshore Norway.

ROV Planet Magazine Issue 28: The magazine of choice for Subsea Construction and Marine Robotics Professionals. Featuring Welcome to ROV Planet - Connecting the Oceans with the Popoto Modem, ISURUS ROV Opens Operating Windows for Renewables Projects, Ploughing Ahead: 50 Years of Subsea Excellence from SMD, OCEAN 2020 Open Cooperation for European Maritime Awareness, Deep Trekker Treks into Tech, Global ROV Contractor Plans for Future Expansion, RTSYS the Rising Company, ARCS: Canada’s First AUV, Power In and Data Out: How C-Power’s SeaRAY AOPS Starts the Future of the Ocean Economy Today, 80 Years of Habia Cable: From Submarines to ROVs, iAtlantic Project: A Scientific Research Mission to Explore the Deep Sea Around Cabo Verde, The Marine Robotics Workforce of the Future

ROV Planet Magazine Issue 27: The magazine of choice for Subsea Construction and Marine Robotics Professionals. Featuring Welcome to ROV Planet - Vaarst: Cloud Robotics Company with Vast Opportunities - What’s Next and What’s Needed in Offshore Oil and Gas - Mimosa: The Mission Planning and Monitoring Software with the Right Mix of Ingredients - Intelligent Robots Could be the Best Choice to Mine the Deep Seafloor - Cost-Effective Subsea Operations with HonuWorx - Skilltrade Hydrographic Survey Course Review: E-Learning Modules - Poster: Hydromea ExRay - HMS Oardacious - The Future of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Industry - Argeo Orders Two SeaRaptor AUVs for Ultra-Deepwater Surveys - Sea Sentinel: Bionic Unmanned Underwater Vehicles from NOA Marine - Modelling, Testing, and Sea Trials: All Without Leaving the Lab - Balmoral ROV Buoyancy Featuring Aerospace Bonding Won’t Let You Down - Aleron Achieve Operational and Cost Efficiencies for ROV Manipulator Operations - Digital Edge Introduces the Edg

ROV Planet Magazine Issue 26: Featuring Welcome to ROV Planet - Events Calendar - REV Ocean to Revolutionise Ocean Exploration and Environmental Protection - Global Oceans to Relaunch Three Iconic 6000-Meter Deep-Sea Vehicles - Roving Eye: An Inside Look - The Giant Iceberg Mission Begins - Poster: TechnipFMC-Schilling Robotics GEMINI ROV - Interview with Tina Bru: Petroleum and Energy Minister of Norway - Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) For Deep Sea Mining - Enabling Persistent Maritime Surveillance - Forum’s New Technologically Advanced Submarine Rescue Vehicle, The Lr11 - Notilo Plus Takes ROV Inspection to the Next Level - ELWAVE: A Sixth Sense for Underwater Vehicles - Gorilla ROV: Strength to Deal with the Currents - Forssea Robotics Opens Workshop and Testing Facilities in Sète Harbor, France.

Get hands on with the world’s leading ocean technology suppliers Ocean Business 2021, taking place from 12-14 October at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, will once again bring the ocean technology community together with an exhibition of 300 companies from around the world. The show will be packed with live product demonstrations, giving visitors the opportunity to see equipment in action and ‘test drive’ products before they purchase.

Oceanology international is bringing together the ocean science and tech community in March 2022 for the World’s leading ocean tech and science event. The 2022 event will be special – not only the first ocean tech event in 2022, but also the first opportunity to meet face to face in 2022. Oi is the event to meet your next collaborator, the event to meet existing and new clients, the event that is optimised for networking.

Ocean Business 2021, taking place 12-14 October 2021 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, has just launched FREE online registration at www.oceanbusiness.com. The event promises to bring the world’s ocean technology community together in-person for the first time since the pandemic begun, with an exhibition of over 360 global companies showcasing the very latest ocean technologies, products and techniques.