Sonardyne's wireless tech to help with underwater bomb disposal

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Stephen Emerson

Canakkale (Dardanelles) Military Museum sea mines from first world war,Turkey.

New and innovative technology will improve the process of clearing unexploded ordnance by making it safer and more efficient.

The Initiation Transponder 6 technology has been developed by Sonardyne, an energy transition company based in Yateley. The company specialise in underwater technology and engineering services.

Sonardyne’s innovative tech allow ordnance disposal teams to send wireless acoustic commands from their vessel, thus improving safety for team members. Key to the device is a hydrostatic switch, which only permits arming of the unit when a pre-determined depth has been reached.

This secure, wireless, underwater initiation capability, say Yateley-based Sonardyne, improve safety standards of such clearances.

Initiation Transponder 6 (IT 6) is designed to be connected directly to a remotely deployed, non-electric mine neutralisation device.

Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset. Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users. He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.