iXBLUE POWERS DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION FOR
IFREMER’S NEW STATE-OF-THE ART X AUV, ULY
Ifremer (the French National Institute for Ocean Science) has recently unveiled its new 6000-meters AUV UlyX. Designed for scientific exploration, this state-of-the art submersible vehicle will be able to navigate up to 48h autonomously and will be equipped with unprecedented capabilities to uncover the deep sea.
Associating multiple payload devices with navigation capabilities for either long range survey or close-to-bottom hovering, UlyX will accomplish wide area acoustic mapping as well as target-based local inspection with optic imaging, photogrammetry, and in-situ scientific measurements in a single dive configuration. One of the small number of AUVs built for the exploration of the ultra-deep ocean and developed in collaboration with ECA Group, UlyX represents a true technological breakthrough.
iXblue – a global high-tech company specialising in the design and manufacturing of innovative systems and solutions, devoted to inertial navigation, subsea positioning and underwater imaging – is taking part in this exciting adventure. Over the past 20 years, iXblue has developed advanced expertise in combining sonar, inertial navigation, and acoustic positioning technologies and offers one of the most advanced and accurate solutions for seabed mapping, imaging, and exploration. “iXblue is thrilled to be onboard UlyX , and to provide the most advanced acoustic imagery solutions to Ifremer scientific and hydrographic surveyors,” states Lionel Fauré, technical and business Manager of iXblue Sonar Systems Division. “Pushing the limits of the technology and responding to our customers’ challenges is a driving force for our teams. Several of our most advanced technologies are onboard the AUV: a Sams-150 Synthetic Aperture Sonar
Ulyx AUV, La Seyne-sur-Mer. Ifremer, Bodenes Ambre (2020)
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