| December
2003
(November 10, 2003 – E.
Falmouth, MA) Hydroid Inc. announced today that
it has recently received an order from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a
custom REMUS AUV system. The system that Hydroid will
deliver will be a turn-key system based on the highly
successful REMUS, with additional sensors added to meet
NOAA’s requirements. Aside from the standard sensors,
the REMUS vehicle will be modified to include a Marine
Sonics 300 kHz side scan sonar and a SeaBird SBE-49
Conductivity Temperature and Depth (CTD) sensor.
Commenting on the recent contract,
Kevin McCarthy, Hydroid’s vice president of marketing,
stated that “Hydroid is pleased to be working
with NOAA to support them in their survey operations.
This is a key contract for Hydroid and demonstrates
the flexibility of the REMUS AUV and the range of missions
that can be performed using the system.” Hydroid
plans on shipping the system early in 2004.
"NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
and the National Ocean Service’s Office of Coast
Survey will use the REMUS vehicle as a test and evaluation
platform to assess the application of AUV technology
to hydrographic surveying,” said Captain Roger
Parsons, NOAA Corps, who is director of the Office of
Coast Survey. “The Coast Survey Development Laboratory
is planning a test program for the 2004 field season
that will assess REMUS' ability to meet the International
Hydrographic Organization’s navigation and depth-sounding
standards and conduct sound velocity profiling in support
of multibeam echosounder surveys from surface vessels.
The results of NOAA’s testing program will guide
the development of requirements and specifications for
the use of AUV technology in supporting future hydrographic
surveys.”
Hydroid Inc. holds the exclusive license
from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the
manufacture and further development of the REMUS Autonomous
Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology.
For further information
contact Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Marketing
at Hydroid at Tel 508-563-6565, e-mail kmccarthy@hydroidinc.com.
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