McLane to Present & Exhibit 7-9 Nov at MATS

On 9 November, Engineering Director Tim Shanahan will present “Prawler Technology Transfer and First Article Deployment”  at the Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase (MATS) in Southampton UK. Now in its 9th year, MATS has become a key event in the marine technology calendar, attracting delegates from around the world. The 3-day event features presentations and
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McLane Showcases Wave-Actuated Prawler at MATS, UK

McLane is gearing up for the 2023 Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase (MATS). Scheduled from November 7th to 9th, this event, hosted by National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, promises to be a focal point for discussions on the latest advancements in marine autonomous technology and future directions. McLane’s Tim Shanahan will present a paper “Prawler
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Back in the Booth! McLane at OI’22 London 15-17 March Stand A525

McLane is excited to greet our customers in Stand A525 March 15-17 at Oceanology International, London. Contact us to get a hands-on look at the Prawler and a chance to win new LEGO® Brick themed kits. Also learn the latest sampler, profiler and flotation updates, including an introduction to the NEW, NOW AVAILABLE, Signal Activated Bottom Lander (SABL) Sediment
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Deployed Prawler Exceeds 100,000m Milestone

(Falmouth, MA) – The first McLane-manufactured Prawler in the field has surpassed 100,000 meters of profiling and real-time temperature and salinity data transmission. See McLane’s Prawler deployment page for an updated summary of the 80m deployment. Prawler has been inductively transmitting data from its mooring in Shilshole Bay, Puget Sound, Seattle, WA since November 2019. Data
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McLane Prawler Milestone in Puget Sound

(Falmouth, MA) The first McLane manufactured Prawler was deployed in Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, marking a key milestone in McLane’s technology transfer with NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). McLane and NOAA PMEL engineers were on board the R/V Hayes in late October 2019 to observe the 180m deployment in Shilshole Bay as near real-time Prawler
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Prawler in the Field

Experience Prawler data on-line from moorings in NASA deployments during 2012/2013 and 2016/2017  in the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) deployments. The Prawler was the primary instrument on these deployments collecting data to examine the salinity balance in the upper ocean. Prawler data is well-established: critical data collected by this innovative
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New! Surface to 500m Profiling: Wave Hello to Prawler

April 4, 2019 (Falmouth, MA) – McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces that the Prawler, a low cost, shallow profiling vehicle is now available as part of the McLane Profiler product line. The Prawler collects and transmits sensor data from the surface to 500 m of the water column, traveling the mooring wire using wave actuated
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