Coda Octopus Group Announces Significantly Advanced Development of Next-GEN 2.0 Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD), Team Accelerated Progress during Pandemic Shutdown - Seite 2

- Integrated Digital Audio system between Diver and Surface support for remote commanding, audio-based instructions and signal processing – solving oft-used and previously challenging diver-to-surface audio communications.

Coda Octopus Products has also developed a DAVD companion product: the DAVD C500 Inspector System for divers. The Inspector System includes CODA’s fourth generation (4G) Echoscope C500 Surface real-time 3D sonar system and a custom rapid-deployment frame for surface or seafloor deployment. The system allows rapid imaging and mapping of the underwater scene without the need for complex positioning systems. The C500 Inspector uniquely remains in the water during diver operations and, when not providing mapping and scene awareness, is used to track and monitor the divers in real-time. This novel solution package can be deployed quickly from a quay wall, small craft or lowered to the seafloor attached to the Diver Cage.

Paul D. McMurtrie, Diving Equipment RDT&E Program Manager for Naval Sea Systems Command 00C38, commented: “The DAVD System is an important part of the Office of Naval Research Future Naval Capabilities. We are glad that Coda Octopus took the opportunity to advance GEN 2.0 development and we now project a faster roll-out of the next-gen diver management system. The speed at which this advanced system is being embraced by our diving community is solid evidence of the importance of this technology and its capabilities for Naval Diving Operations.”

Blair Cunningham, CODA’s President of Technology, commented: “We are very pleased with the accelerated development of the DAVD GEN 2.0 system and the complementary DAVD C500 Inspector System. Now that we’re able to be back in the water with the Navy Divers, we are using these opportunities to validate and showcase the new GEN 2.0 features. We hope to roll-out DAVD GEN 2.0, in full, by the end of the 2020 calendar year.”

For further information, see CODA’s news releases, “Coda Octopus Group Awarded Contract to Advance U.S. Naval Diving Operations with State-of-the-art Real-time 3D Subsea Intelligence for Next Generation Wearable Head Up Display with Embedded Software” (February 5, 2018), “Coda Octopus Group Enters into a Navy Cooperative Research And Development Agreement with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division for Naval Real-Time 3D Imaging Head Up Display Diver Solution” (July 16, 2018), “Coda Octopus Group Announces the Successful Completion of NAVSEA and NASA Joint Mission Trials of Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) Generation 1.0 Head-Up Display Prototype System” (September 9, 2019), “Coda Octopus Group Announces Gen 1 Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) System Completed and Delivered” (February, 5, 2020), and “Coda Octopus Group Announces U.S. Navy Fleet Roll-out Restart of Breakthrough Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) Program” (August 18, 2020).