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Kongsberg Maritime Supports Nato Submarine Rescue System Acceptance Trials
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07 November 2008 by host
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Camera, sonar and transponder technology is vital to the success of future submarine rescues.
Engineers from Kongsberg Maritime have been in the thick of the action in France and Norway during a combined trial and military exercise period involving the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The NSRS is an extensive project by the French, Norwegian and UK Navies, to provide a fast response, highly mobile, distressed submarine (DISSUB) rescue platform.
Kongsberg Maritime has played a significant role in the development of the NSRS, having supplied navigation, underwater positioning and communications for the sophisticated new Submarine Rescue Vessel (SRV) and ROV, in addition to developing a Portable Navigation and Command Tracking System (PNTCS) designed to permit the Commander of Rescue Forces (CRF) to locate, and position a DISSUB.
The PNTCS is based on commercial components configured and packaged for naval operations in very harsh environments. It integrates inputs from numerous navigation sensors to provide a world image of the location of the DISSUB and its orientation, the SRV and any cooperating ROVs, with underwater positioning provided by the HPR 400 system and MST Transponders. The PNTCS is housed in one easily deployable 8 foot by 10 foot ISO container of which the NSRS will use two, to ensure that multiple vessels can share the same data during rescue operations.
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