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Simrad may refer to: Simrad, a brand name used by Kongsberg Maritime; Simrad Optronics, a Norwegian company that manufactures defence equipment; Simrad Yachting, a manufacturer of marine electronics for the leisure and professional markets
Simrad consumer maritime applications (marine electronics as radars, navigation, autopilots etc.), made by Navico. The reason for three different companies with different owners using the same brand name is the common history, as the name comes from the original SIMRAD company founded in Oslo, Norway in 1947, by Willy Christian Simonsen ...
In 2003 Simrad Yachting acquired B&G. In 2005 Altor 2003 Fund acquired Simrad Yachting AS from Kongsberg Group. In 2006 Altor 2003 Fund acquired Lowrance Electronics. Also in 2006, Navico was created through the merger of Simrad Yachting and Lowrance Electronics by their common owners, Altor Equity Partners, a Swedish private equity firm.
Kongsberg Maritime's history dates back to 1946. Simonsen Radio, later Simrad was founded 31. December that year. The first product was a radio telephone for the fishing fleet. The first echo sounder for the commercial fishing fleet came on the market in 1950. The first alarm system was ready in 1959.
Suzanne Simard (born 1960) [3] is a Canadian scientist and Professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. [4] After growing up in the Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, [3] [5] [6] she received her PhD in Forest Sciences at Oregon State University. [4]
In 1973, after being convinced by Miller, Chadwick and Banner, Illinois State University created SimRAD (Simulation Research, Analysis, and Design), a college program where students and teachers designed games. [1]: 53 Revenue from these games supported the funding of innovations in education.
Elvin Vavrinec Semrad was born on August 10, 1909, in the United States in the village of Abie, Nebraska.His parents were of Czech ancestry and he spoke Czech at home. He earned a BA degree from Peru State Teachers College in Nebraska and an MD degree in 1934 from the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
A multibeam echosounder is a device typically used by hydrographic surveyors to determine the depth of water and the nature of the seabed. Most modern systems work by transmitting a broad acoustic fan shaped pulse from a specially designed transducer across the full swathe acrosstrack with a narrow alongtrack then forming multiple receive beams (beamforming) that are much narrower in the ...