Portuguese Navy Orders HYPACK Hydrographic Sonar System Upgrades Training EventGeneral Dynamics Canada is installing HYPACK, Inc. announced the dates an adjunct processing system on three for its HYPACK 2015 Hydrographic VASCO DA GAMA-class frigates of Training Event. The event will be held the Portuguese Navy. Designed by Gen- January 5-8, 2015 at The Hyatt Regen-eral Dynamics Canada, the ECLIPSE cy in San Antonio, Texas. According to adjunct processor provides the in-ser- HYPACK, the three-day training will vice AN/SQS-510 sonar systems with cover all aspects of single beam and enhanced operational capability to de- multibeam hydrographic surveying and tect submarines and torpedoes. dredge management using HYPACK, The ECLIPSE processing system will HYSWEEP and DREDGEPACK pack-work in parallel with the AN/SQS-510, ages. Twenty-? ve exhibitors from the leveraging the data collected from the industry’s hardware manufacturers, existing sonar system. The addition of equipment resellers and service provid-the ECLIPSE processing system will ers will be on hand.signi? cantly improve the ability to de-tect and characterize echoes and sounds Nortek to Host Northern Teledyne RESON transmitted through the water to deter-Europe User Conferencemine location and physical characteris-Academy DebutsNortek is hosting the 2014 Northern tics of potential threats. The AN/SQS-Teledyne RESON announced a new 510 medium-frequency hull-mounted European User Conference, June 26-training course program called the sonar is currently in service on all 12 28, for oceanographers and ocean en-Teledyne RESON Academy, which Royal Canadian Navy HALIFAX-class gineers. The organizer promises strong includes open style training at global focus on networking, knowledge ex-patrol frigates and three IROQUOIS-strategic locations and new training class destroyers. The system is also in change and hands-on experience with courses. “We regularly hold courses equipment among colleagues and use in ships of the Portuguese and Bul-for our customers, but now also offer collaborators gathered at Dutch isle. garian navies.open style training courses so that in-Nortek BV, Nortek UK and Terra4 dividual customers can also sign up,” will host the 2014 Northern European said Pim Kuus, Teledyne RESON’s Seatronics Invests in ROV User Conference in collaboration in Global Training Manager. “We have Tooling Rental Market late June. Organizers offer two days also designed new training courses Seatronics, an Acteon company, has of user presentations, hands-on dem-targeted to the speci? c demands of invested more than $1.5 million in the onstrations, technical discussions, lat-the market place.” latest technologies, sensors and tools est development news, and network-The course offerings include industry available from Tritech International ing opportunities. Managing Director standard two-day SeaBat training tar-Ltd, a Moog Inc. company. Many of the at Nortek B.V., Sicco Kamminga, is get at surveyors or engineers, SeaBat products will enhance the ROV tooling responsible for organizing the event. AUV training, and PDS2000 mul-capabilities, which are available through Nortek recently launched its new Sig-tibeam or dredge software training. recently acquired Acteon Company, J2 nature55, which makes use of Nortek’s Beside these standard courses, the Subsea. AD2CP technology and Nortek Piezo’s company offers bespoke trainings. transducers to extend Nortek’s current One of the anticipated courses is the pro? ling range capabilities to a thou-comprehensive training course that sand meters. The same platform is also covers the full hydrographic work-used in the new Signature1000 and Sig-? ow from mobilization, data acquisi-nature500, which are especially suited tion to data processing and deliver-for studies of turbulence, while ful? ll-ables. This course is offered with the ing standard current pro? ling needs.customer’s preferred hydrographic software packages. The training FlexTech Signs Deal with courses are available for all experi-Ocean Installerence levels and are given in various Flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has languages or through interpreters.signed a contract for ? exible pipe in-www.teledyne-reson.comwww.seadiscovery.comMarine Technology Reporter 55MTR #4 (50-64).indd 55 MTR #4 (50-64).indd 55 5/12/2014 10:23:08 AM5/12/2014 10:23:08 AM