Blueprint Subsea is a British manufacturer of state-of-the-art acoustic sensors for oceanographic, hydrographic and diving applications. The company’s range of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products includes side-scan sonars, ultra-short baseline (USBL) positioning / tracking systems, modems, handheld diver sonar and navigation aids.
StarFish side-scan sonar
The StarFish range has gained worldwide recognition as the most compact, affordable, towed side-scan sonars for the professional underwater survey industry. All systems have been specifically designed for single-person deployment in shallow water, making them ideal for port and harbour survey and security work, inland water survey of rivers / canals / lakes, wreck location and search-and-recovery (SAR) missions.
At less than 15in long, the StarFish excels in remote shallow water locations where other side-scan systems struggle to perform. StarFish systems have been designed to be ‘plug and play’, connecting to your PC/laptop via a top-box with USB connection. The intuitive StarFish Scanline software, designed for Windows operating systems, has an easy-to-use interface with helpful instructions to get you started.
SeaTrac USBL tracking system and modems
SeaTrac is a range of micro-USBL tracking, positioning and modem systems designed for remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and divers. Built around a robust broadband spread spectrum signalling scheme, the acoustic transponder beacons are capable of simultaneously tracking asset positions and undertaking bi-directional data exchange. When used in a tracking application, one X150 beacon is mounted from the supervisor vessel, and connected to a PC running the SeaTrac NavPoint display and logging software. All positions are computed by the X150 beacon, so no additional hardware is required.