Knudsen 320N solves US Navy's part obsolescence Issues

June, 2006

"The 320N is the cost effective COTS Solution available on GSA."

Read the recent glowing endorsement of the Knudsen 320N Navigation echosounder published in this month's Sea Technology issue.Download .pdf (605 kb)

Knudsen Engineering becomes ISO 9001:2000 Certified

March, 2006

As of January 23, 2006 Knudsen Engineering Limited has officially been ISO9001:2000 certified. Due to the hard work and commitment of KEL's ISO Management Representative, Debbie Robb and our dedicated team of staff, KEL was able to pass all ISO requirements with great success.

The Quality policy of Knudsen Engineering will be to implement and maintain the ISO9001:2000 standard, as appropriate, to support the quality activities of this organization in support of our customers. The policy statement of Knudsen Engineering to reflect this policy is:

"Knudsen Engineering will be seen as a technology leader in acoustic hydrographic equipment and will ensure our customer focus provides us with the objectives and goals to grow and thrive in the future."

KEL Celebrates 25th Anniversary & Introduces New Product Line at Oi0

March, 2006

Judith Knudsen at Oi06.

Knudsen Engineering Limited marked its 25th anniversary by announcing two new product lines at Oi06. Vice President Judith Knudsen reported "Our firm is very excited about the new products, our first completely new designs since the popular 320 Series. The Sounder 1600 and Chirp 3200 lines are aimed at survey and scientific/military applications respectively. The new products share KEL's traditional reliance on high-performance digital signal processing - differing primarily in choice of processor - a 16-bit fixed-point device in the Sounder Series and a 32-bit floating-point processor in the Chirp Series. Both products feature robust digitally-implemented frequency agility across the entire range." The Company's recent achievement of ISO 9001:2000 certification "was the icing on the cake" according to Judith.

Knudsen Engineering Agents Meeting

March, 2006

Knudsen Agents at Oi06.

Knudsen Engineering again took advantage of this international gathering to meet with its agents from around the world. The Oi06 meeting provided an opportunity for agents to learn about the new Sounder and Chirp Series echosounders as well as future company growth plans.

Knudsen 320 Series Echosounder provides critical Global Warming Data

March, 2006

Examples of Healy's Knudsen chirp sonar (center frequency 3.5 kHz) records showing (a) glacial erosion and probable glacially deposited diamictons on Northwind Ridge and (b) pockmark collapse structures, perhaps caused by gas escape from possible methane buildups in the sediment on Mendeleyev Ridge as well as uniform sediment drapes. Data was processed using Sioseis software.

The recently completed Healy-Oden Trans-Arctic Expedition 2005 (HoTrAX'05), gathered critical data using their 320 series Knudsen Echosounder. The expedition retrieved 29 piston cores averaging nearly 12 meters in length from a complete transect across the central Arctic ocean. These cores provide a critically-needed sample cache for both a pan-Arctic stratigraphy and a longawaited paleoclimate record that it is hoped will greatly improve the understanding of how deepwater is exchanged between Arctic basins, how the climate system in the Arctic works over longer time intervals, and how the Arctic system interacts with global systems. The coring was done from the U.s. Coast Guard Cutter (UsCGC) Healy , while oceanographic measurements were made from the Swedish icebreaker Oden.

Click here to download the full article (in .pdf format) published in the December issue of EOS.