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Gowind® 2500 corvette becomes a reality

On 17 September, DCNS floated the first Gowind® 2500 corvette out of its assembly hall at the Lorient shipyard just 12 months after construction began. The Elfateh, the first of a series of four Gowind® 2500s for the Egyptian Navy, is scheduled for delivery in 2017. The three sisterships will be built under a technology transfer agreement at the Alexandria Shipyard; work on the first having begun in 2016.

 

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AUVs to pack-hunt for seabed ore bodies

Challenge: How to detect and map deep-sea ore bodies using autonomous underwater vehicles Idea: Use small AUVs working in coordinated packs. And the target? Commercially viable deposits of what geologists call sulphide deposits or, more precisely, ‘volcanic-associated massive sulphide’ deposits. Incidentally, the ‘massive’ in VMS does not necessarily mean big, but formless and rich in metals.

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Human Sea & Marisk: high level speakers have confirmed their participation

On October 3rd and 4th 2016 in the city of Nantes, the best international experts will share their work at the Symposium Human Sea & Marisk, taking into account the latest scientific and technological progress in terms of maritime … […]