Companies Demonstrate Hull Inspection Imaging Technology

Sea Technology;  May 1, 2006 ;     215 words ...Integrated onboard Nova Ray Inc.'s (Kirkland, Washington) remotely...Technology Officer Dr. Lee Thompson turned to Nova Ray. "It is essential to have a high degree...make very high-resolution images. The Nova Ray's ability to fly straight and level...

L-3's side scan sonar seminar.(Technews)

Marine Log;  April 1, 2008 ;     159 words ......Associates, Inc., Salem, N.H., announced a Side Scan Sonar Operations and Maintenance Training...who wants a better understanding of Side Scan Sonar techniques. The course is open to any user of side scan sonar regardless of brand, experience...

Admiralty Aligns with Nova Marine Explorations

Sea Technology;  January 1, 2005 ;     118 words ......Marine Explorations, the parent company of Nova Ray Inc. (Kirkland, Washington), producer of the Nova Ray, a winged submersible remotely operated...arrested. John Doering, a treasure hunter with Nova Ray, will serve as the lead consultant on the...

Companies deliver upgrade system for EPA vessel

Sea Technology;  May 1, 2001 ;     301 words ......system for the Klein Associates model 595 side scan sonar on the EPA vessel OSV Peter W...for sonar data acquisition, acquiring side scan, sub-bottom, magnetometry and navigation...mosaics. The EPA can create mosaics of side scan in real time, or in playback on the ship...

Hydro-Acoustic Survey Scheme For Sea-Bottom Ecology Mapping

Sea Technology;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Integration and Synergy of Side Scan Sonar and Multibeam Sonar An integrated...productivity of survey work completed by side scan sonar is relatively good in shallow areas, since the scan range of side scan sonar is independent of the water depth...

Dynamic Focusing Techniques for Side Scan Sonar Imaging

Sea Technology;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Imagery at Long Ranges Most conventional side scan sonar systems offer dual-frequency operation...offerings at an affordable price. Conventional Side Scan Sonar The along-track resolution of a side scan sonar is typically specified as the half-pow...

Odds 'n ends: under the sea: linear actuators activated in exploration of...

Industrial Product Bulletin;  January 1, 2004 ;     634 words ......Operated Vehicle) technologies. Nova Ray, Inc., a subsidiary of Nova...computer or auto pilot. The Nova Ray submersible ROV was able...adjustable tilt. Forward and side scan sonar are available options...most valuable asset of the Nova Ray is the stability ...

Fishers side scan sonars gaining popularity

Sea Technology;  July 1, 2001 ;     315 words ......option and a depressor wing for their side scan sonar systems. The new, longer cable and wing allow deeper water towing. Side scan sonars are one of the most sought...regardless of water visibility. A side scan finds things by sending out a sonar...

Gardline Places Order for Side Scan Survey System

Sea Technology;  October 1, 2004 ;     95 words ......recently placed an order for dual-frequency side scan survey systems from GeoAcoustics Ltd...purchased the system in 1994. Since then, the side scan has undergone various evolutions. The...to GeoChirp or GeoPulse for combined side scan/sub-bottom profiling. For more information...

High-Frequency Sonar For Target Re-Acquisition and Identification

Sea Technology;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Off-the-Shelf Side Scan Sonar System Used Aboard Small UUVs...small, light-weight, cost-effective side scan sonar systems, which enable small vehicles...surveytype missions. New developments in side scan technology are increasing the capabilities...

Mine Detection and Classification In Side Scan Sonar

Sea Technology;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......random field (MRF) model to segment each side scan sonar image into regions of object-highlight...the characteristic mine signature in side scan sonar. These priors ensured that any...signature that objects generally exhibit in side scan imagery. After the detection phase is...

Search equipment needed says man's family

Raven's Eye;  October 1, 2006 ;     462 words ......September that the needed equipment, a side scan sonar machine, was brought in by RCMP...Pierre said they were only able to find a side scan sonar after Terrace Search and Rescue...Nations, but got little response. The side scan sonar is capable of getting images of...

Water Dams Scanned By Side Scan Sonar

Sea Technology;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Difficult to Attain Underwater Images Side scan sonar surveys have been applied worldwide...large areas of the seabed. In the past, side scan sonar was a powerful tool in finding...bottom, operators need to try to tow the side scan sonar transducer at an optimum height...

Side Scan Sonar Aids Katrina Clean-Up

Sea Technology;  September 1, 2006 ;     289 words ......used his JW Fisher Mfg. Inc. (East Taunton, Massachusetts) side scan sonar to survey harbors and waterways around Gulfport, Mississippi...and mark its location for removal. Collins decided to tow the side scan sonar over a trailerable catamaran. "The objective of the clean-...

Sub Systems Engineering

Mechanical Engineering;  March 1, 2004 ;     334 words ......between the actuator chamber and the sea. The submersibles maker, Nova Ray Inc. of Kirkland, Wash., uses three of the motor-driven lead...right, Roger added. A 1995 job for the Philippine Navy inspired Nova Ray's development, according to Krist Geriene, vice president of...