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McLane Sediment Traps on IMOS Moorings Collect Longest-Ever Southern Ocean Time Series Samples

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(Falmouth, MA) – McLane Sediment Traps in a remote Southern Ocean observatory are among the instruments that have obtained the longest known Southern Ocean time series samples ever collected.  The two deep water moorings, Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) and Sub-Antarctic Zone sediment trap (SAZ) collect samples and data for studies of [ Continue reading. ]

Top Mississippi State University Oceanographers Select SeaTrac SP-48 For Environmental Monitoring and Threat Assessment

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Marblehead, Massachusetts – March 31, 2021 - SeaTrac Systems, Inc. (SeaTrac) is pleased to announce the sale and delivery of one of its SP-48 persistent Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) to a team at Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Geosystems Research Institute (GRI), in Starkville, MS. GRI selected the SP-48 to support a research study funded by the [ Continue reading. ]

SeaState Season 2 Episode 2

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How a Family's Legacy and Passion Continues to Define the World of Electroacoustics SeaState is an exciting, must-hear journey into thou This entertaining and educational podcast covers a broad range of topics and features a leading line-up of industry experts as guests. As a must-hear extension to ON&T’s editorial agenda, SeaState addresses the [ Continue reading. ]

FarSounder Releases End User Training

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The online End User Training for FarSounder’s Argos Systems has been released. It is the second in a series of trainings being released by FarSounder this year. The curriculum covers the technology, system operations, interpretation of the sonar data, and system maintenance. This training is free to all who are interested and recommended for all bridge crew [ Continue reading. ]

Woods Hole Group, The Next Generation of Innovative Solutions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwOU32hpnFU   Woods Hole Group solves environmental engineering problems worldwide with a focus on serving clients along the coast, in the ocean, and in wetland and terrestrial environments. Relying on service, excellence and leadership, Woods Hole Group employs experienced engineers, scientists, and technicians. [ Continue reading. ]

FarSounder Launches On-line Training

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FarSounder is proud to announce the launch of their on-line training platform. The team has put in countless hours gathering the content to get this system up and running, and it is now available to the public. The first training program to be released in the series is the FarSounder Technician Training.  This innovative on-line training [ Continue reading. ]

Teledyne Marine Introduces New Ultra Compact Acoustic Modem

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(NORTH FALMOUTH, Mass. - January 6, 2021) Teledyne Marine is pleased to announce the launch of its new Ultra Compact Modem (UCM). Sized at just 60 x 50 mm, and weighing in at just 55 grams, the OEM version of the UCM is the smallest acoustic modem ever designed by Teledyne Benthos. The UCM is based on Teledyne Benthos' proven signal processing technology [ Continue reading. ]

SeaState Episode 7

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Brian Skerry: Through the Lens of a Nat Geo Underwater PhotographerBrian Skerry: Through the Lens of a Nat Geo Underwater Photographer This entertaining and educational podcast covers a broad range of topics and features a leading line-up of industry experts as guests. As a must-hear extension to ON&T’s editorial agenda, SeaState addresses the [ Continue reading. ]

SeaTrac Systems, Inc. Launches Open Solar-Powered Uncrewed Surface Vehicle for Near Shore to Open Ocean Applications

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Marblehead, Massachusetts – December 10, 2020 - SeaTrac Systems, Inc. (SeaTrac) is pleased to announce that the SP-48 is now commercially available. The SeaTrac SP-48 is a persistent Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) designed for users who require a flexible data gathering and communications platform that adapts to a wide variety of operational scenarios and [ Continue reading. ]

Call for Mentors for BLUE Excelerator

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BLUE is seeking volunteer Mentors to participate in the upcoming “BLUE Excelerator.” BLUE will be running a Specialized Advanced Topics "BLUE Excelerator" for BlueTech companies that have already finished an accelerator program such as CleanTech Open or MassChallenge. The BLUE Excelerator will be held remotely and run from January - April 2021. This year's [ Continue reading. ]

McLane RAS-500 in Global Climate Change Observation System

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(Falmouth, MA) – The RAS-500 is among in-situ instruments in the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) program collecting long-term data on how climate change impacts important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) processes. Prof. Stuart Cunningham, Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), is among the [ Continue reading. ]

OTN goes deeper with 1000-metre rated Falcon ROV

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(Halifax, N.S.): The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), a global aquatic research, data management and partnership platform headquartered at Dalhousie University in Canada, has upgraded their remotely operated vehicle to a 1000-metre rated Saab Seaeye Falcon DR.   Chosen in a competitive bid process, the Falcon was selected as the most powerful and capable [ Continue reading. ]

National Grid RI Partners with SeaAhead to Launch the Rhode Island BlueGreen Innovation Challenge

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SeaAhead, National Grid, and the Cambridge Innovation Center established the RI BlueGreen Innovation Challenge to support novel approaches to interconnected challenges in Rhode Island. This systems innovation Challenge will leverage one of the state’s key assets - its college students - to conceive and develop big ideas at the energy-food-urban [ Continue reading. ]

SeaState Episode 5

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  Our Podcast SeaState is getting 5 Star Reviews on Apple Podcast so don't miss the next episode! In the October episode of SeaState we talk with Stockton Rush. Stockton is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder (2009) of OceanGate Inc. As CEO, Rush is responsible for OceanGate’s financial and engineering leadership, shaping the company’s strategic [ Continue reading. ]

RCMP’S NURTC ADDS SEAMOR’S CHINOOK ROV TO ITS PROGRAM

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Nanaimo, British Columbia –This summer the RCMP acquired SEAMOR’s Chinook ROV for police dive team training at its National Underwater Recovery and Training Center in Nanaimo, British Columbia. RCMP Underwater Recovery Teams from across Canada will now receive their training using a SEAMOR vehicle. “Gathering evidence and searching for and recovering [ Continue reading. ]