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Focus on unmanned semi-submersible vehicles

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VISAKHAPATNAM: Underwater operations have become critical in many a field to attain supremacy and unmanned multi-utility semi-submersible vehicles are the latest answer to that, explained maritime experts from Australia and United States.

Addressing members of the National Maritime Foundation Visakhapatnam Regional Chapter here on Tuesday, the C&C Technologies (Asia-Pacific) Singapore Managing Director Rick Shannon said the company had opened full-fledged support services for surveillance and survey with state-of-the-art technology back-up utilising all possible channels. “Our aim is to provide seamless real-time feedback and communication with the buoys that monitor area of client's interest,” he added.

Foundation Visakhapatnam Chapter coordinator and Centre for Policy Studies Director A. Prasanna Kumar welcomed the gathering and hoped that the fledgling chapter would benefit from such informative lecture sessions. The company's unmanned submersible vehicles expert Chris Wolking said that they could be applied in academics, industry, Navy or coastguard for a variety of purposes like monitoring environmental disasters like underwater plumes of oil sleeks, enemy submarines or other sea-bed property studies or research and monitoring the fish population. Chapter secretary Raju introduced the guests.

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