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SeaView Systems Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification

The road to certification was tough, but definitely worth it. The benefits to us and, most importantly, our clients are: There is a common, understood system including consistent and repeatable processes We function in a disciplined and systematic way, almost … Continue reading

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Matthew Cook’s feature article in the December issue of Sea Technology Magazine

Decembers issue of Sea Technology Magazine contains a feature article by SeaView Systems’ president, Matthew Cook.  In Matthews article titled “ROV Backbone For Rapid Development Of Underwater Robotic Systems”  he talks about the modular ROV control system that we built … Continue reading

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ROV Launch & Recovery Catch

Here’s a handy new addition to our toolbox- it’s a recovery latch that we built for our latest Seaeye Saab Falcon: Seaeye sell a similar running lock latch but we decided to make one ourselves for a few reasons: It … Continue reading

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We’re making progress on the MV SeaView Surveyor conversion

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“MV SeaView Surveyor” is a 26 foot water ballasted sailing boat which we are converting for use as a cost effective means to get out on the Great Lakes (in good weather) and inshore waters to deploy our new Saab Seayeye Falcon ROV. … Continue reading

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State-of-the-art Hydrographic Survey Vessel

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Kyle and Lou of Tetra Tech came by today with their highly tricked out hydrographic survey vessel. It runs two 7125 Reson Sea Bat multibeam sonars, RTK-DGPS and a POSMV INS system. It all comes together on Hypak hydrographic software. … Continue reading

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Cutting the Cost of Hunting for Shipwrecks

Nearly 100 years after the three-masted schooner Hattie Wells sank in Lake Michigan, USA, during heavy weather, it has been filmed by SeaView System’s Falcon ROV. A key element of the mission undertaken by a team of marine archaeologists has … Continue reading

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New data imaging system for SeaView Systems

ANN ARBOR, MI – November 1, 2008 Michigan-based ROV operator SeaView Systems now has additional capabilities thanks to VisualWorks, a leading data recording, editing and storage system specially designed for the subsea survey industry. VisualWorks, from UK company VisualSoft,  is … Continue reading

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