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JASCO Advancing Passive Acoustic Monitoring via Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Between December 2024 and March 2025, JASCO led a multi-phase evaluation of an autonomous dipping acoustics platform deployed on an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) as part of the Innovative Solutions Canada Test Stream program.
The system was equipped with JASCO’s collapsible planar hydrophone array and heave-compensated winch, enabling acoustics monitoring traditionally performed by crewed vessels with towed arrays. The dipping array system is designed to be integrated with a range of USVs, allowing flexible deployments across different autonomous systems.
Designed as a low-power, low-cost, mid-term deployable platform, the system represents a scalable alternative to traditional crewed acoustic operations.
Boundary Pass: Over Six Years of Continuous Cabled ULS Operation
JASCO’s Boundary Pass Underwater Listening System (ULS) is currently in its seventh year of continuous operation, maintaining greater than 99% uptime across both hydrophone arrays since its deployment in June 2019. This system consists of two subsea frames, located underneath the main shipping channel to Vancouver, British Columbia, in Boundary Pass. Each frame is cabled to shore and hosts acoustic arrays and a variety of oceanographic sensors. The system continues to operate with full redundancy in a high-current, high-energy environment, demonstrating the robustness of JASCO’s cabled architecture.
JASCO: Leading the Next Wave of Offshore Wind Innovation
As offshore wind development continues to grow across the United States, construction activities must meet strict environmental monitoring and regulatory requirements. 2025 marked another strong year for JASCO Applied Sciences in the offshore wind sector, as our teams provided monitoring and environmental compliance services for major offshore wind developments
JASCO welcomes Chris L’Amie to UK Division as Head of Defence – UK and Europe
JASCO welcomes Chris L’Amie to UK Division as Head of Defence - UK and Europe
Underwater glider swarm demonstrates persistent maritime surveillance and ASW barrier operations during NATO Exercise REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger 25’
The annual Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems (REPMUS) Exercise is one of the world’s largest testing events for maritime robotics and uncrewed systems. 2025 marked the 15th edition of REPMUS, and for the first time, was conducted jointly with NATO’s Dynamic Messenger (DYMS) exercise, which is part of NATO’s Operational Experimentation (OPEX) series. The joint event provided opportunities to test and evaluate emerging technologies in a realistic and operational environment while supporting NATO’s goal of maintaining a technological and tactical edge.
SeaTrac USV Equipped with JASCO OceanObserver™ Dipping Array Enables Breakthrough in Real-Time Marine Mammal Monitoring
A landmark project supported by the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) “Real-Time Marine Mammal Monitoring Service via Uncrewed Surface Vessel” program, has successfully demonstrated a novel and effective method for real-time marine mammal monitoring.
A fleet of Slocum gliders equipped with OceanObserver™ systems successfully demonstrated the ability to detect and localize marine mammals off the Coast of Nova Scotia
In a recent deployment off the coast of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and JASCO Applied Sciences, successfully demonstrated the ability to detect and localize marine mammals using a fleet of Slocum autonomous underwater gliders. The gliders were deployed in Roseway Basin on the Scotian Shelf, a region recognized as a critical habitat for endangered and at-risk marine mammals. Two DFO gliders and one JASCO glider were equipped with JASCO’s OceanObserver™ directional Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) system.
JASCO, BOMTS, and Teledyne successfully demonstrate Under-Water Warfare Early Warning & Indicating from underwater gliders during NATO Exercise REPMUS 24’
JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO), Blue Ocean Marine Tech Systems (BOMTS), Teledyne Marine (Teledyne) and WTD71 collaborated to experiment and demonstrate novel passive acoustic real-time monitoring capabilities from marine unmanned systems during the 14th edition of REPMUS.
EMSA publishes the NAVISON report, lead authored by JASCO
The NAVIs SONus (NAVISON) report provides the first ever unified estimation of historical and future underwater noise levels for all European seas. Underwater noise from ships is recognised as a stress factor for marine life, particularly for cetaceans like whales and dolphins, who use sound to locate prey and communicate with each other. It can harm marine biodiversity and cause behavioural changes in animals. Using a single methodology, NAVISON has mapped underwater noise levels in all European seas for the first time, providing a comprehensive, pan-European overview, and allowing quantitative like-for-like comparisons of shipping contributions to ambient sound between regions, vessel categories, years, and forecast scenarios.
Joining forces: JASCO Applied Sciences acquires Cryosphere Innovation
JASCO Applied Sciences is pleased to announce that it has acquired Cryosphere Innovation, a New Hampshire based technology company that creates solutions for autonomously observing climate change in the Arctic.
JASCO enhances uncrewed maritime systems capabilities with the acquisition of Autonomous Marine Systems Inc.
JASCO Applied Sciences (Canada) Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Autonomous Marine Systems (AMS), Inc. from Signal Ventures Ltd., of the United Kingdom.
Dr. Capri Jolliffe joins JASCO Applied Sciences (Australia) Pty Ltd. as Technical Director
July 2024 – JASCO Applied Sciences (Australia) Pty Ltd. welcomes new Technical Director, Dr. Capri Jolliffe.
Laura Morse joins JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. as Director of Strategic Programs
July 2024 – JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. welcomes new Director of Strategic Programs, Laura Morse.
JASCO scientist Özkan Sertlek receives the A B Wood medal
Özkan Sertlek, the 2024 recipient of the prestigious A B Wood medal, is a senior scientist with JASCO Applied Sciences based in the Netherlands. The medal is awarded by the Institute of Acoustics in alternate years to acousticians based in the UK/Europe (even years) and in the USA/Canada (odd years). The award is aimed at early career researchers, under 40 years of age, whose work is associated with the sea.
JASCO Applied Sciences and Blue Ocean Monitoring announce strategic partnership
JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO) and Blue Ocean Monitoring (BOM) have entered a global strategic partnership. This partnership combines JASCO’s understanding of underwater acoustics, and their OceanObserver™ high-performance passive acoustic data acquisition and processing system capable of on-board, in-situ signal processing, with BOM’s cutting-edge expertise developing and operating uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs).
ADEON project wins 2023 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award
The Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON) project received the 2023 National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
JASCO leads the NAVISON project – Mapping past and future shipping soundscapes of European seas
The ability to assess the effect on ocean noise of operational and technological changes in the marine shipping sector aimed at mitigating its environmental impact, against the backdrop of a steadily increasing demand for sea transport of goods and people, depends on the development of a reliable marine soundscape forecasting model. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), as part of its commitment towards greener shipping, has contracted to a consortium led by JASCO Applied Sciences a project to generate ship sound maps (soundscapes) for European seas over a time span from 2016 to 2050.
Sarah Tsoflias joins JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. as Managing Director, US Operations
December 2023 – JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. welcomes new Managing Director, Sarah Tsoflias.
JASCO welcomes Dr. Adam Frankel as a Senior Bioacoustician
November 2023 – Dr. Adam Frankel has joined JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc., as a Senior Bioacoustician.
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) provides marine mammal risk mitigation in support of NATO’s military training exercise CUTLASS FURY 23
Dalhousie University’s CEOTR Group and JASCO Applied Sciences assist DRDC in preventing harm during military training activities using maritime autonomous systems.