Underwater Survey
Specialists in UUV operations delivering underwater survey and mapping services to civil and military customers.
WHAT?
LG are specialists in UUV based underwater
survey and mapping for ports and harbours,
seaways, open ocean and critical installations.
LG provides
MCM, historic or new UXO and foreign object
detection, identification and removal
Routine Port, Harbour and Critical Infrastructure
underwater protection
MCM route survey including fusing multi-source data
Pre and post dredging bathymetric surveying
facilitating focused debris removal
Marine Salvage, SAR, crash/wreck site survey
(eg. Air France 447, Titanic)
Full GIS contact databasing
Pipeline mapping and inspection
Complex hull and underwater structure inspection
Oceanographic sampling
HOW?
LG implements a new approach for its
clients replacing the costly traditional
surface towed sonar solution providing vastly
cheaper and more accurate results
by using proven military standard UUV
technology.
Typical Open Ocean Survey Programme
for 2Km²:
Team mobilisation and transportation
Survey planning and set up phase – 6 hours
Survey phase 2 hours
Analysis phase 1.5 hours
Additional surveys/identification as required
Reporting and recommendations
Typical large Port survey of 44Km²
with 30Km of jetties:
Survey planning and set up phase – 24-48 hours
Survey phase 50 hours
Analysis phase 24 hours
Complex surveys (eg. ports) can take up to 6 times longer
than open waterways
WHY?
Uniquely LG has the Royal Navy’s leading
UUV operational expertise now available
for commercial use worldwide.
With over 60 years UUV operational and
data analysis experience.
UUVs provide:
12-20 times speed advantage over diver searches
with a 5 fold reduction in personnel, day & night
capable, in depths of 3 to 6,000m
Vastly improved data quality: 5-10cm resolution
throughout swath
Ability to search a harbour or enclosed waterway
without interrupting the movement of other shipping
Negligible running costs
Deployable worldwide in less than 24hrs.
Covert operations
High coverage rates up to 1 Km²/h in harbours
and greater offshore
The latest proven military technology
Modularity – simultaneous bathymetric sidescan,
video or bespoke sensors
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