Courtesy of RTSYS
RTSYS
THE RISING COMPANY Founded in 2010, RTsys is a French Company based in Caudan that specialises in passive and active underwater acoustics and AUVs. The company is part of the “Neotek” group, which has more than 30 years of experience in providing equipment for both the marine and naval industries. Focusing on technology, RTsys employs 40 people, including 20 high level engineers and PhD holders. Located on the Atlantic Ocean side of Brittany, RTsys possesses its own sea-test base and boats, enabling total independence for in-situ trials and customers’ acceptance tests.
As mentioned, RTsys' focus is passive and active underwater acoustics and AUVs. The full range of equipment is used not only in the defense sector (MCM and ASW), but also in the marine scientific community (IFREMER, KIOST, SHOM, DSO, etc.), as well as the industrial sectors of offshore windfarms, O&G, aquaculture, and more. Every piece of RTsys equipment is fitted with an electronic board reference SDA® (Synchronous Data Acquisition) a technology developed by RTsys’ R&D team; it allows total control of hardware and software features. Thanks to this
asset, RTsys remain proprietary of its own IP, and therefore doesn’t rely on any third-party IP supplier. Driven by innovation, RTsys invests significant amount of its own funds every year in R&D. While the acoustic monitoring devices which provided the foundation of the company remain, R&D investments have led to the design and supply of internationally renowned AUVs and diver-held sonar systems over the last decade. Those high-quality products have opened the door to new opportunities and markets for RTsys. RTsys is continuously growing and now relies on four lines of activity:
AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV) SPOTLIGHT
COMET-300 easy recovery from a Rhib (Courtesy of RTsys)
RTsys range of AUVs is made of compact, two-men-portable and very compact man-portable micro AUVs (uAUV). Very powerful and endurant, the modularity of these vehicles enables a wide range of payload integration such as Side Scan Sonar (SSS) (both 2D and 3D image data), CTD, and any other type of water quality sensors. Integrated INS and DVL combined with surface
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