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Black Laser Learning is providing the US Navy at the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center Stennis Space Center (NOMWC SSC) advanced sonar analysis training. Black Laser Learning’s Advanced MCM Post mission analysis (PMA) course trains side scan sonar analysts in advanced analytical techniques specifically for Mine Warfare. Advanced training includes individual PMA sessions and coaching with MK 18 sonar data. The…

Putnam County Sheriff Hosts Capacity Black Laser Learning Humminbird® Training

skatmanmDecember 23, 2017

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The St. John’s River in Palatka, Florida was alive with activity last week as six local Sheriff and Fire Rescue teams took to the water to practice underwater search techniques utilizing Humminbird® Side Imaging® and 360 sonars. Nineteen participants from Putnam and surrounding counties applied recently-learned theory provided during an in-depth, two-day Humminbird® training presented by Black Laser Learning® (BLL).

Klein Marine Systems chooses Black Laser Learning to instruct June sonar training

skatmanmApril 25, 2017

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Klein Marine Systems (KMS), the world leading manufacturer of high-quality side scan sonars, will be hosting a three (3) day side scan sonar training event at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye Beach, New Hampshire. The event runs June 20-22 from 9-6pm daily. For this year’s training, Klein has chosen veteran side scan expert Vince Capone of Black Laser Learning,…

Updated: Sonar_EMILY rescue robot incorporates Humminbird® sonar to find drowning victims

skatmanmFebruary 26, 2017

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A state-of-the-art portable rescue craft is bringing more assistance to marine rescue teams. The Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard or EMILY, developed by Hydronalix, was first used to help lifeguards get to distressed swimmers faster than able-bodied first responders. Since then, EMILY has been deployed by lifeguards, navies and coast guards around the world. In fact, the Center for Robot Search…

Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey

skatmanmMarch 28, 2016

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An estimated three thousand shipwrecks lie off the coast of New Jersey—but these icy waters hold more mysteries than sunken hulls. Ancient arrowheads found on shoreline of Sandy Hook reveal Native American settlement before the land was flooded by melting glaciers. In 1854 two hundred and forty passengers of the New Era clipper ship met their fate off Deal Beach.…

Black Laser Learning trains Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center personnel

skatmanmOctober 26, 2015

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A team of 12 U.S. navy sailors looked on as BLL’s lead instructor reviewed the fine nuances of analysing complex sea floor image data retrieved from an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). In the summer of 2015, Black Laser Learning travelled to the Stennis Space Centre in Mississippi to provide a two-day sonar analysis training program to members of the U.S.…

Black Laser Learning supports Cambodian demining efforts

skatmanmOctober 11, 2015

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The ravages of war that occurred in Cambodia from the 1970s to the early 1990s still leave an indelible mark on the country today. Countless land mines were placed during the Cambodian Civil War during the 1970s by the Khmer Rouge, the Heng Samrin and Hun Sen regimes, and millions of tons of bombs rained down on the country during…

Black Laser Learning delivers sonar training to Suffolk County Marine Bureau

skatmanmJuly 22, 2015

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The Suffolk County Marine Bureau returned from a long day of sonar training on the Great South Bay. All the classroom theory learned in day one enabled the group to put the Klein 3900 side scan sonar through its paces. The Marine Bureau uses sonar to locate drowning victims, sunken vessels and submerged evidence. Black Laser Learning provided the…

Black Laser Learning delivers annual side scan sonar training to U.S. and foreign navy hydrographers

skatmanmJune 9, 2015

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The sonar screen displayed images of the sea floor as a dozen participants from U.S. and partner nations looked on. Every year, Black Laser Learning Inc. (BLL) conducts a comprehensive side scan sonar course as part of a six-month training program given by the U.S. Navy for U.S. and foreign navy hydrographers. The program, called International Hydrographic Management and Engineering…

Apollo 11 Deep Ocean F1 Engine Recovery Presentation for Oceanography Midshipmen of US Naval Academy

skatmanmOctober 10, 2014

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October 1, 2014 – US Naval Academy oceanography specialists will get an intensive first-hand look into the scientific and technological advances in technology which allowed Jeff Bezos’s team to recover Apollo F1 rocket motors from over 14,000 fsw. Operations Manager Vince Capone, a 30+-year marine scientist who worked on the 2013 Apollo F-1 Engine recovery expedition will be giving an…

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