MILESTONE CHRONOLOGY 2021 - 2030
2021 - NOAA and the US Coast Guard find the revenue cutter “Bear” (1874-1963) using a Klein 3000 and 3900 Side Scan Sonar
-France-based ECA Group successfully completes the sea trials of its UMISAS sonar for both autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and Towed Sonars of the mine countermeasures vessels (rMCM) programme.
-Klein Marine Systems, working with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary successfully completed the search for the fishing vessel Emmy Rose using a Klein Side Scan Sonar.
-NAVSEA's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALVE) locates with a side scan sonar and recovers a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan
2022 - Klein - A MIND Technology Business working with OceanScan-MST has delivered additional LAUV units to the Danish Navy featuring the Klein dual frequency high-resolution UUV 3500 Side Scan Sonar.
2023 - Klein - A MIND Technology business delivered the Klein MA-X View 600 integrated single beam side scan and and gap filler sonar as part of the below trial.
-EIVA introduces the Equinox Scanfish III integrated, towed multi-aperture side scan sonar.
-Klein - A MIND Technology business has delivered a System 4000 Side Scan Sonar to Oceaneering International for use on the Navy Submarine Rescue Program!
-Klein Marine Systems – A MIND Technology business recently supplied several new UUV-3500 payload systems operating at 300/900 kHz frequencies to one of our customers who operate multi-sensor AUV's.
-General Ocean Systems announces that it has purchased Klein Marine Systems from MIND Technology, Inc.
2024 - The Royal Canadian Geographic Society used an Edgetech 4205 side scan sonar to find the wreck of Quest, famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship in the Labrador Sea
-Kraken Robotics introduces KATFISH™, a high-speed, actively stabilized Synthetic Aperture Sonar towfish designed for optimal high speed performance.
2025 - Stuart Pole of DARKWATER produces a low cost side scan sonar with a compact 12V winch that allows a Humminbird sonar to scan to 200 ft depth with towing speeds of 3-6 km/hr.
-Exail introduces new SAMS series synthetic aperture side scan sonars.
-Lake Huron shipwrecks provide new fuel for American AI research Artificial intelligence research in the United States has gained a new source of insight from the depths of Lake Huron. A unique dataset of shipwreck sonar scans, captured by researchers from the University of Michigan and Michigan Technological University, has been selected for inclusion in the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot. The dataset, known as AI4Shipwrecks, is one of only ten chosen for the national initiative focused on advancing artificial intelligence
