Newfoundland’s Kraken Robotics awarded $2-million contract from U.S. defence customer
MOUNT PEARL, N.L. — Kraken Robotics has landed contracts to supply its distinctive sonar methods to a U.S. defence contractor.
The corporate stated in a information launch that the brand new contracts are valued at $2 million to supply the AquaPix artificial aperture sonar methods (SAS), which might be used on driverless underwater autos constructed by the client.
The system replaces high-end aspect scan methods at an reasonably priced value to ship increased resolutions, ranges and space protection charges, the corporate stated.
Aquapix can take two-centimetre by two-centimetre extremely excessive definition SAS photos at lengthy ranges.
The system has additionally been deployed on greater than 20 totally different underwater automobile platforms from shallow water to full ocean depth.
The methods are towed behind autos and may work at depths of 6000 metres.
Kraken stated the client will stay unnamed as a consequence of confidentiality causes.
