| Ocean Innovation in Newfoundland & Labrador |
 By Cynthia Kincaid
Marport, a leading subsea acoustics technology company based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, has been awarded $2.2 million in R&D funding from the Government of Canada’s Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). Marport will utilize the funding to further develop its revolutionary Software Defined Sonar (SDS) technology. The project will allow the company to expand its product base to include next generation sensing, sonar, and underwater wireless communication systems targeted to the commercial fishing, offshore energy, ocean science, and military markets.
During the project Marport will also collaborate with the National Research Council’s Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC-IOT) to develop a compact autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The AUV will be designed for seabed mapping, surveillance, reconnaissance, climate change research, and under ice operations. The vehicle will be equipped with Marport’s Software Defined Sonar technology platform — which will include advanced sensors, sounders, and imaging sonar.
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