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Kongsberg Maritime (KM) is a Norwegian technology enterprise within the Kongsberg Gruppen (KOG). Kongsberg Maritime deliver systems for positioning, surveying, navigation and automation to merchant vessels and offshore installations. Their most well known products exist within dynamic positioning systems, marine automation and surveillance systems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroacoustics.

History

Kongsberg Maritime's history dates back to the founding of Autronica in 1957. 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
• GlobalSim
• GeoAcoustics
• Hydroid Inc.
• Mesotech
• Norcontrol
• Osprey Electronics
• Seatex
• Simrad

Products

The main product areas for Kongsberg Maritime are:

• Dynamic positioning systems
  Control systems that make it possible to keep a vessel/platform in the same position under demanding weather conditions.
• Navigation systems
  Radar, digital chart systems (ECDIS), steering systems and integrated navigation equipment for ship's bridges.
• Hydroacoustics, echo sounder, sonars
  High technology hydroacoustic products for seabed surveying, subsea communication and positioning.
• Autonomous underwater vehicles & systems
  Free-swimming autonomous underwater vehicles characterized by great manoeuvrability and high accuracy for civilian and military use.
• Marine automation and surveillance systems
  Systems for surveillance and for controlling engines, cargo and propulsion on vessels.
• Motion sensors, GPS, AIS 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 montoring and tracking systems, homeland security systems, naval sonars transponders and pingers.
• Sensors and transmitters
  Sensors to measure temperature, pressure, tank level and motion.
• Ship simulators
  Bridge, engine room, cargo, crane and communication simulators for merchant marine and navy.
• Tank gauging
  Systems to measure, monitor and control liquid cargos.
• Underwater camera systems
  Underwater cameras, imaging technology and products to the Offshore Oilfield, Scientific and Maritime sectors.

External links

• Kongsberg Gruppen official homepage - Parent company
• Kongsberg Maritime official homepage
• Kongsberg Mesotech official homepage
• Kongsberg Seatex official homepage
• Kongsberg Shipmedics official homepage
• GeoAcoustics A KONGSBERG Company official homepage
• GlobalSim A KONGSBERG Company official home page
• Hydroid A KONGSBERG Company official homepage
• Simrad official homepage