Self-Contained Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers

Added: Nov 17, 2017 4:41 pm The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) intends to negotiate a sole source firm-fixed-price contract with Teledyne RD Instruments (RDI), Inc. for the purchase of four (4) four-beam Workhorse Long Ranger Self Contained (SC) Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) for Deep - C, making deep current observations. Teledyne RD Instruments (RDI), Inc. is the industry's leading manufacturer specializing in the design and manufacture of a variety of underwater acoustic Doppler products for current profiling of the water column. Their instruments are characterized by high stability, accuracy, range, and sensitivity. The four
75-kHz ADCP instruments with surface-wave firmware, associated gear, and software must be capable of measuring currents in the upper 2000 m with very high accuracy and be designed to withstand long period of deployments (several months to nearly two years).

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