Australia to Upgrade Naval Survey System (Dec. 10)
Brisbane-based Seismic Asia Pacific Pty Ltd has been chosen by Defence as the preferred tenderer to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy's hydrographic survey system.
The upgrade will be carried out on the Navy's four PALUMA Class Survey Motor Launches as part of a program called Project SEA 1401 Phase 3.
The upgrade will increase the Navy's survey capability and reduce the time to complete surveys of Australia's coastal waters. The upgrade will improve the shallow water surveying capability of the Navy and is included in the Defence Capability Plan.
The project will also provide nine portable hydrographic survey systems to be used on small craft, which will be particularly useful in reef-strewn areas. The portable systems will also provide an easily transportable system for emergencies.
Three of the portable systems will be the more advanced tactical survey systems that will be deployed to the Australian Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit in Wollongong, to the HMAS Cairns base in north Queensland and to the Hydrographic School at HMAS Penguin in Sydney.
The first system is planned to be installed by the end of 2005 with the remaining systems to be installed and tested during 2006.
Seismic Asia Pacific provides equipment, consumables, systems integration, engineering hardware and software maintenance support services to defence industries throughout the Australasian region as well as geophysical, hydrographic and oceanographic environment industries.
Seismic Asia Pacific also maintains a pool of rental equipment and has skilled technicians available for technical support.
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Preferred Tender Announced For Upgrade to Navy's Survey System
