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Kraken Robotics Announces Synthetic Aperture Sonar Service for the Offshore Energy Market
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraken Robotics Inc. (&...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Kraken Robotics Announces Synthetic Aperture Sonar Service for the Offshore Energy Market\n\n\n\n ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraken Robotics Inc. (“Kraken” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF) announced that it is launching a synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) service for the global offshore energy market. Kraken’s commercial services team will have dedicated KATFISH towed SAS systems available for rental starting July 2025.\n \n\n “While the KATFISH has been used successfully as a service in the defense market for many years, we are pleased to have multiple assets we can introduce to the commercial market,” said Lynne Adu, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Kraken. “SAS offers a significant increase in resolution and range compared to sidescan sonar, and there is already a lot of interest for applications like pre- and post- offshore construction survey and underwater infrastructure inspection.”\n \n\n Kraken’s KATFISH towed SAS debuted as a product 7 years ago. Since then, it has been utilized around the world for applications ranging from mine countermeasure operations to critical underwater infrastructure inspection and harbour survey.\n \n\n The system offers real-time 3 cm x 3 cm resolution with a range of up to 200 meters per side, providing some of the industry’s highest area coverage rates available. The high resolution of Kraken SAS helps to derisk projects, with the ability to differentiate between manmade and natural contacts and identify small contacts that may be on or near infrastructure.\n \n\n “Over the next 20 years, we are expected to see a five times increase in demand for commercial survey services in the offshore wind industry,” said Chris Almond, Vice President of Business Development for Kraken’s services. “At the same time, we are being challenged to decrease our carbon footprint. The KATFISH system can survey larger areas faster than current solutions, decreasing the amount of vessel time needed and therefore reducing carbon production with the added benefit of decreased survey costs.”\n \n\n Kraken’s SAS service was recently selected by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading technology i...