Product Overview
The first in a series of Teledyne Benthos USBL deliverables, the "Short Range USBL" is geared toward the tracking and positioning of shallow water autonomous or remotely operated vehicles. Leveraging Teledyne Benthos extensive technical expertise and field experience in acoustic positioning and communications, this new system brings it all together with a powerful topside processing package, intuitive user interface, communications, and highly accurate, field proven subsea electronics.
Key Features
- Ideally suited for tracking shallow water vehicles
- High accuracy / low cost of ownership
- Up to 1,500m range
- Accuracy of up to 0.5% slant range
- 1000m depth rating 22-27kHz omnidirectional transducers
- Multi-beacon tracking allows for ranging on up to 250 unique targets
- USBL transponder includes external power and serial interface connection for wireless data transmission
- Easily deployed from any vessel of opportunity, including RHIBs
- Operates simultaneously, or independently, as a USBL and/or acoustic modem
- Highly intuitive graphical user interface for all levels of users
- Rugged and reliable to withstand the harshest environments
