Triton Imaging Selected for Undersea Port Security System

Sea Technology, Jul 2005

Triton Imaging Inc. (Watsonville, California) recently announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has purchased Triton's HarborSuite(TM) multibeam and side scan sonar acquisition system for use in an underwater port security application. The system was purchased by NOAA's Navigational Response Team, a component within the Office of Coast Survey.

The system will be used to test the baseline port security (BPS) concept being developed by the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center. With BPS, high-resolution sonar images of high-risk areas of port seabeds are periodically collected. The resultant images are compared with a set of baseline images and changes are detected and suspicious objects are then investigated with divers and/or remotely operated vehicles.

In this application, Triton's Isis sonar software will control Reson 8125 multibeam and Klein 5000 side scan sonars. According to Triton, their MosaicRT(TM) and BathyRT(TM) software will provide real-time geo-coded images of the seabed and associated bathymetry to insure complete and accurate coverage of the seabed. Also included in the purchase is Triton's survey monitor software, MB-Monitor(TM). MB-Monitor analyzes multibeam data quality in real time and provides visual feedback to the vessel operator to insure that data is being collected and that no potentially dangerous objects will be overlooked.

Triton personnel will be installing the HarborSuite system on the SeaArk vessel this summer, with on-the-water testing scheduled next month in Miami harbor in Florida.

For more information, visit www.tritonimaginginc.com.