What's up at Kongsberg Discovery

Autonomous Ship World Champions

The Njord Challenge 2024 took place at Havet Arena in Trondheim, gathering seven teams and their Autonomous Surface Vehicles for an international competition. Navier USN from the University of South-Eastern Norway emerged as this year’s champions, securing the title of World Champions in Autonomous Ships.  

EK80 upgrade

Ocean Science specialist Kongsberg Discovery is strengthening its industry-leading EK80 echo-sounder product family with unprecedented wide-band low-frequency capability that will enable customers across Governments, Academia, and Industry to gain a much more detailed picture of the ocean environment than has previously been possible, amid an increasing focus on sustainable management of the oceans.  

AUV Demonstrations

Kongsberg Discovery successfully completed in-water demonstrations of the HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as part of the commercial evaluation of Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) systems by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the U.S. Navy.

Q1 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, KONGSBERG maintained its positive trend by achieving growth, solid financial results, and a robust order intake. Book/bill above 1 in all business areas continues to grow the order backlog, which increased to NOK 90.2 billion. 

Mission accomplished for the world's first HUGIN Endurance

Kongsberg Discovery is pleased to announce that the first production system of our revolutionary long-range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) HUGIN Endurance has completed factory acceptance testing.

Royal support for One Ocean Expedition

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has agreed to become a goodwill ambassador for Statsraad Lehmkuhl's next major expedition, the One Ocean Expedition 2025-2026.

Argeo

Ocean surveying and inspection specialist Argeo Subsea, CSI Nordics and Kongsberg Discovery have signed a three-party Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance for a new HUGIN Superior AUV. The agreement, confirmed at Oceanology International in London, supports Argeo’s ambitious fleet expansion plans, as the firm looks to build the world’s most advanced AUV fleet, with seven high specification units. Argeo already has one HUGIN Superior in service.  CSI Nordics, a subsidiary of CSI Leasing, one of the largest independent equipment leasing in the world, will purchase the unit from Kongsberg Discovery, entering into a long-term leasing agreement with Argeo.

QuadPing

Kongsberg Discovery has announced a world first for the sportfishing market with the release of the SIMRAD QuadPing ™, an advanced sonar solution that utilizes four simultaneous transmissions to detect, identify, and help track fish targets from ‘the depths to the deck’. QuadPing will be available as a free upgrade for all current users of the acclaimed SY50 omnidirectional fish-finding sonar, making it the only 8” unit on the market with this generation of advanced functionality.

Corcovado

Corcovado Geosub Ltda today signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Kongsberg Discovery for advanced seabed monitoring equipment.

Unique Group

Unique Group, global innovators in subsea technologies and engineering, today signed a contract with Kongsberg Discovery for USD 1.7million of advanced seabed mapping and compact acoustic positioning technology for their APAC region.

Hipos

Kongsberg Discovery has responded to market demand with an innovative new software solution to enable remote operations of HiPAP and µPAP SSBL acoustic positioning systems, for both crewed and uncrewed survey vessels.

Seapath385

Kongsberg Discovery is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its inertial navigation product portfolio with the release of Seapath® 385, a system combining new hardware and advanced navigation algorithms to unlock optimal precision for hydrographic surveying.