Kongsberg Discovery is excited to announce another successful milestone reached in the development of HUGIN Endurance following a record setting multi-week fully autonomous mission. After receiving a final navigation update from a pre-deployed transponder 10 hours into the dive, the 8-ton, 40 ft, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) operated completely independent of all human interaction and with no external navigation aiding for the duration of the sortie. This mission was conducted at depths ranging from 50m to 3400m and met the advertised 1,200 nautical mile range. Most impressive of all, was that HUGIN Endurance returned with a position error of approximately 0.02% of total distance traveled!

Ocean Infinity has received a Statement of Compliance (SOC) from DNV for its remotely supported vessel operations, marking industry's first such achievement.

Greensea IQ, the pioneer in underwater robotics, and the technology behind the EverClean service, today announced the official launch of the company’s newly enhanced underwater hull inspection robot for EverClean IQ. This first-of-its-kind hybrid solution combines the hull crawling robot and underwater flight capabilities of its EverClean hull cleaning robot with multiple integrated ultrasonic metal thickness sensors and cameras to create a powerful new underwater inspection tool capable of fully leveraging EverClean IQ as a cloud data management system.

SeeByte Ltd (SeeByte) and Kraken Robotics Inc. (Kraken) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which they will seek to enhance their complimentary system offerings to bring customers an integrated solution across maritime mission planning, data collection, and data analysis.

REACH Subsea’s ground-breaking uncrewed surface vessel, REACH REMOTE 1, has today received the Skipsrevven Ship of the Year 2024 award at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg. The 24-metre REACH REMOTE 1is the first of a pair of uncrewed offshore surface vessels designed and delivered by Kongsberg Maritime to Norwegian company REACH SUBSEA ASA.

Mowi Scotland, the UK’s largest salmon producer, has acquired a Blueye X3 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from Subsea Commercial Services Ltd. This advanced ROV will be utilised for environmental monitoring around Mowi Scotland’s aquaculture sites, furthering the company’s commitment to sustainable and responsible aquaculture practices.

NOVACAVI is proud to supply the Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation (FRN), a non-profit organisation whose mission is to facilitate marine research and in-situ observation and documentation of deep-sea environments by means of submergible technology.

Exail, a leading manufacturer of advanced inertial navigation systems (INS), has secured a new contract to supply three Hydrins INS to Pliant Offshore, an offshore measurement specialist. These units will be integrated into Pliant Offshore's Installation Measurement System (IMS) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of wind turbine installations.

A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped a new seamount on the Nazca Ridge in international waters, 900 miles off the coast of Chile. The Nazca Ridge, an underwater mountain chain, along with the adjoining Salas y Gómez Ridge, is one of several global locations under consideration for designation as a high seas marine protected area.

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that we have signed yet another very important contract for the design and construction of one state-of-the-art hybrid power Ocean Energy Construction Vessel (OECV) for the Norwegian shipping group Island Offshore. This is the second OECV Island Offshore is signing with VARD.

Teledyne Marine is pleased to announce that, Teledyne Benthos, a pioneer in underwater communication technology, has been awarded a $975,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to advance on-demand, or ropeless, fishing technology. Ropeless fishing provides lobster and crab fisheries a means to recover fishing gear remotely, through subsea acoustic communication, thus reducing, or removing, the need for ropes, lines, and surface buoys.

Exail Robotics Belgium is pleased to announce the order worth of nearly 60 million Euros for K-Ster C underwater mine disposal vehicles, K-Ster CT training vehicles and associated equipment to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). These advanced systems are primarily intended for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies.

MacArtney is pleased to announce a partnership to distribute Sea-Bird Scientific's comprehensive precision instruments, enabling a broader range of solutions to meet customer needs.

OEEC, organized by Navingo is a premier annual event that brings together professionals from the maritime and the offshore energy industries. This includes experts from offshore wind, oil & gas, marine energy, hydrogen, and more.

DWTEK's ROV I90+, equipped with a cutting-edge water jet tool, successfully completed the maintenance operation of 80 wind turbines, with a total power capacity of over 600 MW, located in western Taiwan in July. The company's latest achievement includes breaking its record, with each turbine now capable of cleaning a 10m² section within one hour.

Ocean Installer have been awarded a sizeable project from Anasuria Hibiscus UK as part of a new frame agreement for offshore construction. The Teal West Development comprises a subsea tie-back to the Anasuria FPSO.

Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 40: Events Calendar & Welcome to Ocean Robotics Planet - The Evolution of Oceaneering - The Future of Electric Manipulators - Underwater ROV Operations in Mixed Reality - Facilitating a New Lease of Life in ROV Buoyancy - Overcoming the Challenges of Next-Generation UUVs with Exail Phins 9 Compact INS - Fleet Architecture Relies on a Mix of Manned and Unmanned Platforms - Poster: Manta Ray - Manta Ray to Support Long-Duration Undersea Missions - Uncrewed Maritime Systems Development Takes Center-Stage - VideoRay: An American ROV Revolution (Part 2) - Thirty Years of Inertial Navigation Evolution Puts Kongsberg Discovery at Apex of Motion-Sensor Market - How the REMUS 300 UUV is Leveraging the Latest Technologies in CT Sensors- Celebrating Collaboration Success on Renewables for Subsea Power...

Tethys Robotics, a pioneering Swiss startup in underwater robotics, announces the global launch of its latest product: Tethys ONE, an ROV/AUV hybrid designed for automated precision underwater inspections, even in the harshest conditions.