Updated Project Poster
Kiel, March 2025
We present a new project poster which was created in the course an internal GEOMAR event.
Status update of the SAM project at the SERDP/ESTCP Innovation Symposium
Washington D.C., December 2024
The project and current progress was presented at this year's Energy & Environmental Innovation Symposium of the US DoD in Washington D.C.
Field test during the “AL622” cruise on the Baltic Sea
Kiel, October 2024
The performance of SAM was further tested and evaluated during a two-week GEOMAR cruise with the research vessel “Alkor” on the Baltic Sea.
First SAM Prototype
Kiel, April 2024
The first SAM prototype, consisting of the computing unit and a pressure hull, was assembled.
Cooperation with Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc. (Vancouver, Canada)
Kiel, February 2024
A self-compensating magnetometer from Ocean Floor Geophysics was successfully integrated into GEOMAR's AUV 'Luise'. During a day trip to the UXO dumping site near Kiel, several munition objects were magnetically detected and visually confirmed with the AUV's camera.
Presenting the SAM project at the SERDP/ESTCP Innovation Symposium
Arlington (VA), Dezember 2023
The SAM project and first results have been presented during the Energy & Environmental Innovation Symposium of the US DoD in Arlington (VA). The poster can be found here.
Test of the system at the NATO UXO testbed
La Spezia, September 2023
In collaboration with NATO's CMRE (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation) and the SERDP/ESTCP (US DoD), a one week system test at the NATO's UXO testbed in La Spezia (Italy) was conducted.
Ahoy SAM - Project Launch
Kiel, July 2023
The SAM project starts, duration 24 month. The project is funded by the Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund.
