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Kongsberg Maritime is a Norwegian technology enterprise within the Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in Kongsberg, a former mining town....

(KOG). Kongsberg Maritime deliver systems for positioning, surveying, navigation and automation to merchant vessels and offshore installations. Their most well known products exist within dynamic positioning systems, marine automation and surveillance systems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroacoustics.

History

Kongsberg Maritime's history dates back to the founding of Autronica in 1957. The first alarm system was ready in 1959. Kongsberg Maritime has over the years absorbed a number of well known maritime and offshore related companies including:

Autronica
Evotec
GlobalSim
GeoAcoustics
Hydroid Inc.
Mesotech
Kongsberg Mesotech
Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd, based in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, is a part of Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of Norwegian industrial concern Kongsberg Gruppen...
Norcontrol
Osprey Electronics
Seatex
Simrad

Products

The main product areas for Kongsberg Maritime are:

Dynamic positioning
Dynamic positioning
Dynamic positioning is a computer controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters...

systems
Control systems that make it possible to keep a vessel/platform in the same position under demanding weather conditions.
Navigation system
Navigation system
A navigation system is a system that aids is navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board a vehicle or vessel, or they may be located elsewhere and communicate via radio or other signals with a vehicle or vessel, or they may use a combination of these methods.Navigation systems may be...

s
Radar, digital chart systems (ECDIS), steering systems and integrated navigation equipment for ship's bridges.
Hydroacoustics
Hydroacoustics
Hydroacoustics is a general term for the study and application of sound in water. The term comes from Greek υδρο, water, and ακουστική, acoustics...

, echo sounder, sonars
High technology hydroacoustic products for seabed surveying, subsea communication and positioning.
Autonomous underwater vehicle
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
An autonomous underwater vehicle is a robot which travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includes non-autonomous remotely operated underwater vehicles...

s & systems
Free-swimming autonomous underwater vehicles characterized by great manoeuvrability and high accuracy for civilian and military use.
Marine automation and surveillance systems
Systems for surveillance and for controlling engines, cargo and propulsion on vessels.
Motion sensors, GPS, AIS
Automatic Identification System
The Automatic Identification System is an automatic tracking system used on ships and by Vessel traffic services for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby ships and AIS Base stations...

and position reference systems
Automatic systems for recording vessel identification, position, movement and cargo (AIS - Automatic Identification Systems). GPS satellite positioning systems.
Naval systems
Acoustic montoring and tracking systems, homeland security systems, naval sonars transponders and pingers.
Sensors and transmitters
Sensors to measure temperature, pressure, tank level and motion.
Ship simulators
Bridge, engine room, cargo, crane and communication simulators for merchant marine and navy.
Tank gauging
Systems to measure, monitor and control liquid cargos.
Underwater camera systems
Underwater cameras, imaging technology and products to the Offshore Oilfield, Scientific and Maritime sectors.

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