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All-female robotics team takes home first place at RoboSub with a Nortek DVL1000 on their vehicle
The all-women Desert WAVE team won this year’s RoboSub Competition with their robot team of Dragon and Baby Dragon. The robots worked together to perform a series of tasks in the competition. Dragon was equipped with a DVL1000 which guided the robot to each task location during the competition.
Nortek welcomed five interns for the summer of 2024
Five interns joined Nortek this summer to gain valuable experience in the ocean technology industry. Two of the interns worked at our HQ in Rud outside of Oslo, while three others worked with our team in Trondheim.
Nortek strengthens Latin America presence with new Business Development Manager
Nortek has hired Alex Lobos as a Business Development Manager in Chile, strengthening Nortek’s presence in the Latin America region
Highlights: Nortek events from the first half of 2024
In the first half of this year, Nortek hosted over a dozen Nortek Days and Navigation Days, bringing together hundreds of oceanographers, marine roboticists, engineers and more from around the globe.
Nortek Brazil cleans up 240 kg of trash from beach near their office
As part of their environmental and sustainability goals for 2024, Nortek Brazil worked together with local organizations to clean up a beach in Florianópolis.
Introducing: future-proof ADCP technology from Nortek
Nortek is pleased to announce the launch of our upgraded Aquadopp and AWAC range of ADCPs. The latest versions of these instruments build on already existing capabilities loved by users for decades, and offer sleek user-friendly design, enhanced performance and future-proof internal components.
Second annual Nortek beach cleanup gathers 650 kg of trash from Sandvika river
This September, Nortek employees held their second annual underwater cleanup, this time removing litter from where a river meets the fjord in Sandvika, near Nortek’s HQ in Norway. With the help of local diver’s club Vollen Dykkeklubb and the Nortek boat, they successfully removed over 650 kg of trash from local waters.
Integrated INS on Nucleus 1000 for full navigation capabilities on small subsea vehicles
The Nucleus 1000 navigation sensor suite is now available with full INS (inertial navigation system) capabilities, enabling absolute position outputs obtained using the Nucleus’s on-board inertial and acoustic sensor package.
Nortek Netherlands is hiring!
As our Netherlands office continues to grow and develop new and innovative vessel-mounted current measurement systems, it is seeking a Software Engineer, Support Engineer and Sales Engineer.
Updates to the Nortek DVL product line
You asked, we listened. Nortek is pleased to update you on the recent upgrades to our DVL range to ensure that we meet your needs in the best way possible. The following list provides an overview of the new features available with a spotlight on our DVL500 Compact.
Now available: Responsible Business Conduct statement
A full report describing our business conduct assessments is now available.
Using Echoview software with Signature ADCPs to get the most out of echosounder data
Some of Nortek’s Signature ADCPs offer an optional echosounder mode, allowing users to gather simultaneous current profiles and echosounder datasets. Visualization and processing of this echosounder data enables users to collect information about biomass, sediment or other objects in the water column. Find out how a partnership between hydroacoustic data specialists Echoview Software and Nortek makes quality data collection and visualization possible.