Kongsberg Maritime (KM) is a Norwegian technology enterprise within the

Kongsberg Gruppen Kongsberg Gruppen is an international technology group headquartered in Norway, that supplies high-technology systems to customers in the merchant marine, defence, aerospace, offshore oil and gas industries, and renewable and utilities indust ...

(KOG). Kongsberg Maritime deliver systems for positioning, surveying, navigation, and automation to merchant vessels and offshore installations.Konsberg Maritime Products & Equipment Training
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dynamic positioning Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompass ...

systems, marine automation and surveillance systems, process automation, satellite navigation, and hydroacoustics.

History

Kongsberg Maritime's history dates back to 1946. Simonsen Radio, later Simrad was founded 31. December that year. The first product was a radio telephone for the fishing fleet. The first echo sounder for the commercial fishing fleet came on the market in 1950. The first alarm system was ready in 1959. Kongsberg Maritime has over the years absorbed a number of well known maritime and offshore related companies, including: * Autronica * Consultas * Contros * Embient * GeoAcoustics * KonMap *

Kongsberg Mesotech Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd, based in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, is informally operated by Kongsberg Gruppen. Website Proff.no does not include the company on the lists of subsidiaries of Kongsberg Gruppen or Kongsberg Maritime. Mesotech make und ...

* NorControl * Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine * Seatex * Simrad The parent company Kongsberg Gruppen was established on March 20, 1814 as Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik (KV) (lit.: "Kongsberg Weapons Factory") and in 2014 they celebrated 200 years in business.

Products

The main product areas for Kongsberg Maritime are: * Deck systems
Includes complete seismic back-deck systems, seismic cable control, marine and offshore cranes and helideck monitoring. *

Dynamic positioning Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompass ...

systems
Control systems that make it possible to keep a vessel/platform in the same position under demanding weather conditions. *

Navigation system A navigation system is a computing system that aids in navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board the vehicle or vessel that the system is controlling (for example, on the ship's bridge) or located elsewhere, making use of radio or othe ...

s
Radar, digital chart systems (ECDIS), steering systems and integrated navigation equipment for ship's bridges. * Hydroacoustics,

echo sounder Echo sounding or depth sounding is the use of sonar for ranging, normally to determine the depth of water (bathymetry). It involves transmitting acoustic waves into water and recording the time interval between emission and return of a pulse; ...

, sonars
High technology hydroacoustic products for seabed surveying, subsea communication and positioning. *

Autonomous underwater vehicle An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot that travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includ ...

s & marine robotic systems
Free-swimming autonomous underwater vehicles characterized by great manoeuvrability and high accuracy for civilian and military use including the HUGIN Family of AUVs (HUGIN, HUGIN Egde, HUGIN Superior and HUGIN Endurance). Other marine robotic systems include the Sounder autonomous Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) for scientific and survey tasks, and Eelume, a free swimming resident robot for subsea inspection and observation operations. *Marine automation and surveillance systems
Systems for surveillance and for controlling engines, cargo and propulsion on vessels. *

Motion sensors Motion detection is the process of detecting a change in the position of an object relative to its surroundings or a change in the surroundings relative to an object. It can be achieved by either mechanical or electronic methods. When it is done b ...

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...

AIS AIS may refer to: Medicine * Abbreviated Injury Scale, an anatomical-based coding system to classify and describe the severity of injuries * Acute ischemic stroke, the thromboembolic type of stroke * Androgen insensitivity syndrome, an intersex ...

and position reference systems
Automatic systems for recording vessel identification, position, movement and cargo (AIS - Automatic Identification Systems). GPS satellite positioning systems. *Naval systems
Acoustic monitoring and tracking systems, homeland security systems, naval sonars transponders and pingers. *

Sensors A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a physical phenomenon. In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends ...

and

transmitters In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to th ...

Sensors to measure temperature, pressure, tank level, motion and dissolved gases. *Tank gauging
Systems to measure, monitor and control liquid cargos. *Underwater and harsh environment camera systems
Underwater cameras, imaging technology and products to the Offshore Oilfield, Scientific, Maritime and Naval sectors.

References

External links

Kongsberg Maritime official homepage

Kongsberg Gruppen official homepage
- Parent company
Simrad official homepage
- Subsidiary {{Authority control Diver-detector sonars Electronics companies of Norway Manufacturing companies of Norway Defence companies of Norway Navigation system companies Radar Underwater security

Maritime Maritime may refer to: Geography * Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps * Maritime Region, a region in Togo * Maritime Southeast Asia * The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prin ...