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Bibby HydroMap offers autonomous unmanned surface vessel

By: Tom Russell 26/02/2018 Bibby Hydromap

General Windfarms

Bibby HydroMap, providers of hydrographic and geophysical surveys in the UK and Northern Europe, has partnered with iXblue to bring “DriX”, a new autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV), to the European market.

It features a specifically designed hull shape suitable for both coastal and offshore missions, and is manufactured from composite materials.

According to Bibby Hydromap, DriX offers up to seven days of data acquisition endurance at speeds of up to 14 knots. Multiple navigation options are also available ranging from full autonomy, to autopilot, remote supervisor action, a “follow-me” function and a “hovering” mode, all COLREG compliant.

iXblue, a provided of solutions and services for navigation, positioning and imaging, has developed DriX over the past 12 months specifically for the hydrographic survey market

Initially mobilised with a dual-head Teledyne RESON SeaBat T50 integrated multibeam echosounder system, DriX will be available to Bibby HydroMap’s existing and new customers from June 2018. The company claims it will offer increased production and productivity during survey data acquisition.

Guillaume Edeline, Business Development Manager at iXblue said: “For us at iXblue, teaming up with Bibby HydroMap seemed only natural given the number of values both companies share. We are more than happy to have this trusted partner committing to this new approach to the hydrographic survey market, and we are very much looking forward to their operational feedback and technical guidance.”

DriX will be used to supplement existing survey capability across projects undertaken by Bibby HydroMap, and performance information will form part of the continued development of the asset.

Tom Davenport, Operations Manager at Bibby HydroMap commented: “We are proud to be able to offer this revolutionary survey platform to our customers, and we are confident that it will help shape the future in methodologies of survey data collection.”

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