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It can also produce bathymet-No. Of Employees: 9No. Of Employees: 9for, conventional sonar technology. ric data with a resolution better than SAS is also emerging as an ideal sen- 25cm out to full range while delivering sor for unmanned underwater vehicle very high depth accuracy. In parallel applications. By using vehicle motion with the hardware design, senior sonar to create a long synthetic array, image scientists at Kraken have developed a resolution can be increased by an order complete software package for InSAS of magnitude or more compared to tra- imaging called INSIGHT (INterfero-Kraken is a marine technology com-ditional side scan sonars. SAS technol- metric Sas ImagingGeoreferenced pany engaged in the design and devel-opment of high performance sonars ogy is also well suited for interferomet- High-? delity Toolbox).and acoustic sensors for military and ric processing, facilitating very high Both AquaPix and INSIGHT were resolution imaging and 3D bathymetry developed by Kraken’s team of scien-commercial applications.It is leading developers of Synthetic imaging from the same sensor. tists and engineers over a record time SAS, a fairly new technology, pro- span of less than 18 months. The ? rst Aperture Sonar (SAS), a sonar tech-vides ultra-high image resolution com- system was successfully integrated nology for ultra-high resolution seabed bined with very ef? cient area coverage and deployed onboard DRDC’s Arctic imaging. SAS uses sophisticated signal rates. Kraken has successfully devel- Explorer AUV in Halifax, Nova Sco-processing of successive acoustic pings to form an image with much higher oped AquaPix, an advanced, ultra- tia in August, 2012. All of the InSAS high resolution Interferometric Syn- software processing was performed resolution than conventional sonars. thetic Aperture Sonar (InSAS) with 3D by Kraken’s INSIGHT toolbox.SAS was initially developed for mili-L-3 CL-3 C K K A A , I , I . .LEIN OMMUNICATIONS OMMUNICATIONS LEIN SSOCIATES NCSSOCIATES NC11 Klein Drive, Salem, NH 0307911 Klein Drive, Salem, NH 03079imaging with 100% bottom coverage compact and lightweight payload. The T: +1-603-893-6131T: +1-603-893-6131in detection and classi? cation modes. system electronics will easily inte-E: Klein.Mail@L-3com.comE: Klein.Mail@L-3com.comThe addition of Klein’s gap ? ller so- grate into all small Unmanned Under-W: www.L-3Klein.comW: www.L-3Klein.comCEO/President: Frank CobisCEO/President: Frank Cobisnar on the S5900 tow body, provides water Vehicles (UUV) platforms cur-VP: Michael MitchellVP: Michael Mitchellsingle pass coverage in the sonar nadir rently on the market and is available in Engineering Director: Ronald AllenEngineering Director: Ronald Allenregion, thus enabling very fast cover- a water tight pressure case con? gura-No. of Employees: 50No. of Employees: 50age rates that reduce survey times by tion. L-3 Klein’s newly designed, rug-L-3 Klein, a division of L-3 Marine 40% or more. The high background- gedized transducers can be molded to & Power Systems is a leading sensor to-shadow contrast ratio of the S5900 meet the vehicle’s space and con? gu-technology provider that designs and enhances bottom features and target ration requirements and are built to manufactures high-resolution sonar de? nition while active motion com- last and perform in the most demand-systems and radar-based security and pensation and advanced beam-forming ing environmental conditionssurveillance systems. technologies nullify blurring caused L-3 Klein’s Side Scan Sonar data L-3 Klein is a sensor technology pro- by tow body motion. acquisition and display software, So-vider that manufactures and designs The Klein UUV-3500 product line narPro, is now available in Chinese as high-resolution sonar systems, and leverages a powerful – wholly FPGA well as English and Japanese languag-radar-based security and surveillance implemented – multi-channel process- es. Klein’s SonarPro offers operator systems. The Klein S5900 is a COTS ing engine. The UUV 3500 operates control, data acquisition, and display multi-beam Side Scan Sonar with sen- exclusively with L-3 Klein’s propri- of both bathymetry and side scan data sors and capabilities that are suited to etary wideband technology providing was developed for users by users of mine-like object detection. The sonar unmatched side scan range and reso- Klein side scan sonar and bathymetry provides high speed, high resolution lution performance in a low power, products. July/August 201434 MTRMTR #6 (34-49).indd 34 MTR #6 (34-49).indd 34 7/30/2014 9:27:25 AM7/30/2014 9:27:25 AM