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Dynamic positioning (DP) and underwater installations were two areas that would prove to be crucial for the company. On 17 May 1977 Kongsberg's first DP-system was put into operation on board the diving support vessel Seaway Eagle. [15] In 1983, KONGSBERG introduced the first diver-free underwater system for the Gullfaks field. [16]
The DP operator (DPO) judges whether there is enough redundancy available at any given moment of the operation. IMO issued MSC/Circ.738 (Guidelines for dynamic positioning system (DP) operator training) on 24-06-1996. This refers to IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association) M 117 [21] as acceptable standard.
The main product areas for Kongsberg Maritime are: Deck systems Includes complete seismic back-deck systems, seismic cable control, marine and offshore cranes and helideck monitoring. Dynamic positioning systems Control systems that make it possible to keep a vessel/platform in the same position under demanding weather conditions. Navigation ...
Hydroacoustic Position Reference is a system to measure the relative position between a transmitter and a receiver under water. It is sometimes used for vessels with dynamic positioning to either measure the relative position between a fixed underwater transmitter or to a mobile under water vehicle (for example ROV).
Kongsberg Technology Park is a part of Kongsberg that is located in Kirkegårdsveien 45 and the Arsenal on Kongsgårdsmoen. It has over 5.200 employees, spread across 60 nationalities and 48 countries and can trace its roots back to 1814.
RFA Proteus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary within His Majesty's Naval Service of the United Kingdom. Its roles being a platform for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROUVs) [9] and a testbed for new specialist capabilities, required for monitoring waters important to UK interests. [3]
A passenger plane near Washington, D.C. An unexpected military aircraft. And a fatal mid-air collision. Wednesday's deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk ...
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) is one of three business units of Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) of Norway and a supplier of defence and space related systems and products, mainly anti-ship missiles, military communications, and command and weapons control systems for naval vessels and air-defence applications.