With the Echoscope^®, it is now possible to rapidly assimilate data of the littoral environment, enabling real-time 3D visualization of the area enabling identification of the threats and hazards including detection and tracking of moving threats such as AUVs and divers.

This exceptionally adaptable technology can also be deployed on an autonomous surface or subsurface vehicle to enable safe navigation around mines and other subsea threats.

Further applications include the safe monitoring and instruction of divers to potential hazardous objects from mission control, significantly reducing the time of the search and locate phase of the dive operation.

Coda Octopus has recently entered into a Navy Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Naval Surface Warfare Center for the naval real-time 3D imaging Head Up Display diver solution. Real-time 3D sonar data from the 3D Head-Up Display (HUD) System will feed directly into the Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD), a high-resolution see-through head-up display embedded directly inside the diving helmet. The Divers Augmented Visual Display-Head Up Display System (DAVD-HUD) will integrate real-time 3D sonar and diver tracking data into the DAVD prototype, and display it simultaneously in real-time for both divers in the water and supervisors on the surface. It can then be used to navigate to targets, identify specific targets and conduct repair operations. This new scope of work extends to developing the second, third and fourth generations of the complete DAVD-HUD, including the helmet with all electronics, as well as the real-time 3D sonar and 3D visualization software and will significantly advance diving operations bringing increased productivity gains and health and safety benefits to these subsea naval operations.