Riptide Autonomous Solutions and Draper have agreed to implement Maritime Open Architecture Autonomy (MOAA) on all Riptide Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) delivered to the US Government.

Subsea Commercial Services Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) is delighted to announce the release of their new range of High Definition IP Underwater Cameras. Compact, high performing and well priced the units are SCS’ first own branded products.

Leading subsea training and trials centre, The Underwater Centre, located in the Scottish Highlands, has turned a corner after receiving industry support to secure its future.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has delivered a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to the University of Limerick (UL) to support its research into subsea inspection and intervention campaigns on renewable energy sector infrastructure.

In a bid to harness opportunities in the wave and tidal market, The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is hosting a MasterminingTM workshop in Aberdeen on Wednesday 16 May for subsea supply chain companies.

We are proud to announce that Statoil has awarded IKM Subsea a services contract for ROV’s on at the Johan Sverdrup platform commencing Q3 2018.

Fugro’s new partnership with KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) was marked recently with the inauguration of the KAUST - Fugro Center of Excellence for Marine Technology. Beginning a mutually beneficial partnership, the new centre will provide training in ROV operations and hydrographic survey within the Kingdom as part of the Saudisation programme.

Houston Mechatronics announced their revolutionary new subsea robot, Aquanaut. Aquanaut is a multipurpose subsea robot which employs a patented shape-shifting transformation from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), removing the need for vessels and tethers. The vehicle enables both the efficient collection of data over long distances as well as manipulation of subsea objects at a significantly lower cost than today’s technology.

Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR) have further complimented its rental equipment inventory with the Innomar SES-2000 medium-100 parametric sub-bottom profiling systems.

ROV Planet, a leading independent media & market intelligence provider focussed on Subsea Construction Technology and Underwater Vehicles across the Scientific, Naval, Offshore Renewables, and Oil & Gas sectors is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Jeremy Stuhr as the Area Sales Manager with effect from 1st May 2018. Jeremy will be based in our Houston office and will take full responsibility for the leadership and development of ROV Planet's North & South American business activity.

Today i-Tech Services, a Subsea 7 company, and Leidos announced a five-year digitalisation partnership agreement.

You’re invited to attend the next Meet IOSTIA Webinar - Friday, May 4, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. (EDT). We will be joined by Bhavin Shah from member Anekonnect Incorporated who will provide an overview of their subsea connectors services and taking Q&A. We'll also provide an update on IOSTIA activities like BlueTech Expo. Please register at http://bit.ly/2HeEpyj

Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR) have recently boosted its equipment inventory with the purchase of a Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) underwater positioning system.

Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc. (OFG), in cooperation with Fukada Salvage and Marine Works Co. Ltd. (Fukada), has completed a third high resolution Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) survey of near surface gas hydrates using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) Vulcan system for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japanese waters.

Mr Mikaelsen was most recently Executive Vice President at Subsea7, and has 30 years of experience in the global subsea business holding various senior executive roles. Current DeepOcean interim CEO Ottar K. Mæland returns to his responsibilities as COO.

Fugro is commencing its first project supporting deep sea polymetallic nodule mining under a contract awarded by seafloor mineral exploration company Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), a subsidiary of DeepGreen Metals Inc.

Navigation and positioning technology company Sonardyne International Ltd. UK, has announced the appointment of Derek Lynch as its new Global Business Manager for Marine Vessel Systems. Derek joins Sonardyne with immediate effect and brings with him extensive experience gained over 25 years working within the offshore energy, maritime and naval sectors.

Building upon Teledyne Marine’s highly popular TMTW event hosted biennially in the USA, Teledyne Marine has decided to host this event in Cannes, France on October 9-11, 2018 to address the needs of customers in Europe and the surrounding area. As with the US based TMTW, this event will allow speakers, influencers, and attendees from around the globe to explore, learn, and share their experiences on a broad range of marine and inland technologies. This three-day workshop will once again include customer presentations, product/software training, networking opportunities, and on-water demonstrations provided by Teledyne Marine's top-tier manufacturers.