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www.seadiscovery.com Bluefin to Develop Mine and IED Neutralization Variant of HAUV Bluefin Robotics won a contract to develop a robotic ship hull mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) identification and neutralization capability for use in Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal. A manipula- tor arm will be integrated onto the HAUV, a hovering AUV designed specifically for ship hull inspection. HAUN-N is the name of the new variant of the HAUV. The Bluefin Team — consisting of Bluefin Robotics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Orca Maritime of San Diego — propos- es to accomplish the task with an HAUV-N equipped with a high-precision manipulator arm and a video cam- era. www.bluefinrobotics.com Republic of Korea Navy Adds Schilling Robotics’ New HD System Schilling Robotics received order for a new 150hp, 3,000m rated HD ROV system from GMB USA, Inc. for delivery to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy. www.schilling.com Pressure Hull For Submarine Mississippi Done in Record Time General Dynamics Electric Boat reached a major con- struction milestone on the submarine Mississippi (SSN- 782), completing work on the pressure hull in less time than any previous ship of its class. Electric Boat achieved “pressure hull complete” three weeks faster than the pre- vious Virginia-class submarine record. Additionally, work on Mississippi’s radar, hatches, sonar dome and piping systems is significantly ahead of the record sched- ule attained on USS Missouri, the most recent subma- rine delivered to the U.S. Navy by Electric Boat. Subsea 7 Contract in North Sea Subsea 7 won an engineering and installation contract by E.ON Ruhrgas UK E&P for the Huntington Development in the North Sea. The Subsea 7 workscope comprises the installation of 12km of the 8- inch Gas Export pipeline, installation of infield flexible flowlines, main static umbilical and associated risers as well as installation of subsea structures followed by tie- ins, pre-commissioning and system testing.
