SMD selects Sonardyne’s hybrid navigation solution for ROV range

The Quantum EV will be factory-fitted with Sonardyne’s hybrid navigation solution, Lodestar-Nav 200, as standard, enabling new owners to put the ROV straight into operational service after taking delivery.

The Quantum EV Work Class ROV prototype introduces electric drive technology to the subsea sector in an optimised, modular package which brings electric ROV performance and capability to a new level. Lodestar-Nav is a turnkey navigation solution for ROV control and guidance. It combines a high accuracy attitude heading reference system (AHRS), Syrinx Doppler velocity log (DVL) and survey grade pressure sensor, in an all-in-one instrument, making it less complex to integrate and operate. What’s more, Lodestar-Nav is pre-calibrated providing the ROV pilots with a robust and reliable solution, even in the most challenging operational scenarios, without needing to worry about sensor offsets.

For complex survey applications, where an inertial output is required, Lodestar-Nav can easily be remotely upgraded in the field to a SPRINT-Nav, Sonardyne’s increasingly popular acoustic-inertial hybrid navigation system.

Alan MacDonald, Sales Manager with Sonardyne in Aberdeen, says, “Lodestar-Nav’s 4000 m housing is compact and easy to fit with just one cable to interface so fitting it during the build of a vehicle makes a lot of sense. From an end-users’ perspective, taking delivery of your new vehicle with the navigation already taken care is very appealing, and means you can put your new asset to work in less time.”

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