CEESCOPE™ and Enhanced StarFish Side Scan for Rapid Mobilization Surveys with the Royal Australian Navy.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) required a modern, easy to use, rapid deployment survey capability comprising a single beam echo sounder and side scan imaging. To meet this requirement, CEE engineers first took the Tritech StarFish side scan and designed a waterproof, ruggedized battery-operated topside to replace the OEM unit. Then, the existing RTK CEESCOPE™ was augmented with an arctic grade power pack. Together, the CEESCOPE and Tactical StarFish form the Rapid Mobilization Survey System (RMSS), used for three distinct but related RAN survey challenges.
The use of single beam bathymetric surveying paired with simultaneous side scan imaging is recognized by the Royal Australian Navy, among others, as a technique well suited to rapid response surveying where accurate data are needed quickly, often in remote and potentially difficult environments. To fulfil several survey requirements with a single equipment suite, RAN contracted CEE Hydro-Systems to supply a hardware, software and support package designed specifically for their identified survey scenarios.
While the benefits of the equipment selected are widely applicable – ease of use, mobility, and ruggedness – the RAN identified three discrete survey challenges for the new equipment:
Rapid Environmental Assessment
In this case, survey crews deploy quickly via rigid-inflatable (RIB) boats from the HMAS Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD).
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