iXBlue is introducing a new version of the DELPH geophysical software suite. This major 2.9 release features a number of new tools and functions to simplify survey acquisition operations and boost side-scan sonar, seismic, sub-bottom profiler and magnetic data processing and analysis.

iXSea, an iXBlue company, has installed and commissioned complete georeferencing systems for all of the aircraft operated by the Institut Géographique National (IGN), France's national authority for reference geographic information. The project work scope included providing AIRINS inertial navigation systems, a flight management system, an interface with a...

iXBlue has expanded its customer support function with the appointment of Scott Gray based in
Aberdeen, UK. In his role as customer support engineer, Gray will assist customers in the UK and Ireland across all the company's product areas. He will provide technical support for customer trials and product demonstrations, and offer training...

Unique System recently helped iXBlue to achieve a highly satisfying commercial milestone. The
equipment rental company's UAE office has just taken delivery of six GAPS portable, pre-calibrated USBLs – and among them, the 100th unit to leave iXSea's factory, in Brest - France.

Marine survey specialist EGS International Ltd has become the latest customer for iXSea's DELPH subsea mapping software. The UK branch of the global EGS Group has purchased licences for DELPH Seismic and Sonar.
EGS will use the software to support marine survey operations in the UK and overseas in the oil and gas, marine...

PUMA Ocean Racing will be competing in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, one of yachting's most difficult and prestigious events. Over a nine month span starting in October 2011, PUMA Ocean Racing will cover almost 40,000 nautical miles and make stops in Spain, South Africa, UAE, China, New Zealand, Brazil, USA, Portugal, France and finish in Ireland around July 2012.

The new group iXBlue brings several of the industry's most innovative companies under one roof.
iXBlue includes:
iXFiber, iXMotion, iXSea, iXSpace, iXSurvey, iXWaves, Resiconcept and Sodena

Aberdeen (November 18, 2010) – Unique System (UK) Ltd, a global provider of specialised products, services and turnkey solutions to the diving and survey industries, has further expanded its rental pool of global acoustic positioning systems (GAPS) with an order for additional systems and transponder beacons from iXSea worth more than $1m.

DOF Subsea Norway AS has joined the list of early customers for iXSea's new version of DELPH subsea mapping software. The Bergen-based subsea operations specialists have purchased six licenses for the DELPH Seismic and DELPH Sonar products.

UAE Systems Integrator Company Abu Dhabi Systems Integration LLC (ADSI) has chosen, on behalf of UAE Navy, iXSea navigation equipment for work it is doing for the country's navy.

EADS Defence & Security (DS), a world leader in the defence and security electronics sector, has become the latest company to choose iXSea for a demanding navigation and positioning application.

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, based in San Diego, California, USA, has chosen iXSea technology for a key aspect of its marine survey activities.

ABA Surveying Limited, a pioneer of high-speed 3D data capture using laser scanners, has selected a LANDINS inertial navigation system (INS) to provide the vital position and orientation data required by its ground-breaking kinematic mapping system.

Philippe Debaillon Vesque will be joining the iXCore group on 1 June as C.O.O. (Chief Operating Officer) taking responsibility for the Group's marine division. He will be based in Marly-le-Roi and will also become iXSea's CEO. With an engineering degree from Télécom-Paris, Philippe Debaillon Vesque spent most of his career in the Thalès group.

Leading offshore access specialists, Ampelmann Operations B.V. has placed the OCTANS gyrocompass and motion sensor at the heart of its latest self-stabilizing offshore access system.

iXSea has completed the sale of two Global Acoustic Positioning Systems (GAPS) to Unique
System (UK) Ltd, a leading service and rental company supporting hydrographic survey, offshore construction, oceanographic, environmental and diving activities worldwide.

iXSea is pleased to announce the sale of two PHINS 6000 subsea inertial navigation systems (INS) to Ashtead Technology. The systems are destined to be used by a major ROV operator for work in the UK North Sea starting in early April.
PHINS 6000 is a subsea INS that provides position, true heading, attitude, speed and heave data.

DELPH INS is the latest addition to the iXSea software product range. Introduced late last year and formally launched at OI 2010 in London, DELPH INS is a post-processing and bulk data productivity tool for use with all of iXSea's inertial navigation systems (INS).

iXSea has announced the appointment of CR Kennedy (survey equipment division) - Sydney as exclusive sales representative for iXSea's range of land inertial systems for the mobile laser scanning and imaging market in Australia.

iXSea has announced the appointment of Fiona Mackenzie as Sales Manager for the company's Offshore Division, based in Aberdeen, UK.
Fiona Mackenzie has 8 years experience in the offshore industry in which she introduced new product and equipment.

iXSea Inc is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Cheesman as its new Gulf of Mexico Sales Manager based out of iXSea's new offices in Houston, Tx.

iXSea is pleased to announce a gyro sensor upgrade to enhance the performance of the Thales 2093 sonar system currently fitted to the Royal Navy's Sandown Class vessels. As part of an existing contract with the Ministry of Defence, Thales UK is responsible for the in-service support of all Royal Navy major sonar systems, including the 2093 variable depth minehunting system.

IPOZ has ordered three LANDINS, the high-end INS positioning system specifically designed for areas where GPS quality is often poor and the need for georeferenced information is most critical.

iXSea is pleased to announce the introduction of its offshore field support team: Carl Potts, based in the UK; Charlie Friend, based in Thailand and Stuart McCall, based in the UK.

iXSea's PHINS INS made history onboard Nereus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's deep sea robotic vehicle, which reached depths of 10,902 m in the Marianas Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean on 31 May. This makes Nereus the world's deepest diving vehicle.

iXSea chose the historic naval port of Plymouth to demonstrate the SHADOWS Seabed Mapping Sonar with GEOSA, an Oceanographic and Marine Innovation Support Company.

iXSea announced an order to supply its RP312 pingers to MBDA for use on its EXOCET missiles; these pingers allow the easy retrieval of missiles used in exercises and training.
This contract is for the delivery of several dozen pingers and a maintenance contract for those already delivered.

ECA, specialists in robotic solutions for the defense and civil markets, placed an order for iXSea acoustic releases as part of an underwater observatory project in the Mediterranean Sea.
“We chose iXSea's acoustic releases for their battery life of more than ten years,” said Mr Favaro, ECA's Chief Buyer.

iXSea has been awarded the contract to supply Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for the Dutch Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels which are under construction at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. The four new ships will be equipped with a dual PHINS configuration. PHINS, Photonic Inertial Navigation System, outputs position, heading, roll, pitch, depth, velocity and heave...

NCS Survey has chosen GAPS, iXSea's Global Acoustic Positioning System, for the acoustic positioning of a number of subsea structures for a North Sea renewables project due to start this month. Speaking from the company's new head office in Westhill, Aberdeen, Andy Gray, CEO of NCS Survey said: “We have chosen GAPS as it will allow us to meet the high...

iXSea has won a public tender to supply LANDINS, its land-based INS positioning system, for a new mobile mapping system pioneered by StratAG, a research group drawn from the leading third level institutions in Ireland and based at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). The research group is constructing a state of the art mobile mapping system...

iXSea has announced a series of deliveries of LANDINS, the high-end INS positioning system specifically designed for mobile mapping and route mapping applications in dense urban areas, where GPS quatily is often poor and the need for geo-referenced information is most critical. "We are proud to help survey companies and academic institutions receive...

IFREMER, the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, has recently invested in a PHINS Inertial Navigation System (INS) for the refit of the ATALANTE.
IFREMER already owns 17 inertial systems and plans to equip all its vessels and underwater vehicles...

Solitaire, the world's biggest pipe lay vessel, has been equipped with three OCTANS during its recent retrofit.
ALLSEAS, owners of Solitaire, specifically selected the OCTANS gyrocompas and full motion sensor, as it is truly solid state and therefore completely maintenance free. The OCTANS systems have different uses onboard Solitaire...

iXSea will be holding training sessions onshore and live demo sessions offshore, along with a technical paper at the Offshore Survey Conference, at Ocean Business 2009 in Southampton from 31 March to 2 April...

Throughout 2009, iXSea Aberdeen is offering regular product training on the OCTANS gyrocompass, GAPS USBL system, and PHINS INS. Further training will be offered on the DELPH range of geophysical software. Courses are held at the iXSea offices in the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park. Courses are delivered by iXSea's in-house engineering team...

Fugro Survey (Middle East) Limited (FSME) has recently ordered another GAPS, iXSea's pre-calibrated USBL system, because of its unique high performance in extremely shallow waters. The first GAPS USBL was mobilized in the spring of 2008 for several construction jobs on behalf of the EPC contractor J.Ray McDermott Middle East in Qatar...

Oceanlab, part of the University of Aberdeen, used four of iXSea‘s OCEANO 2500Ti-Ultimate Depth Acoustic Releases, model AR891B2T onboard a seabed lander, as part of the HADEEP Project in the Tonga and Kermadec trenches that run North-South between Samoa and New Zealand...