Wassp is a Multibeam Sonar designed to enhance your understanding of the marine environment. Easily. Used around the world by Marine Professionals to profile the seafloor and water column. Accurately. Provides 2D and 3D mapping of the seafloor. Quickly.

• Look at bathymetry or hardness.
• Find fish targets in the sonar or sounders views.
• Use side-scan to discover wrecks and structures.

Electronic Navigation Ltd is the manufacturer of the Wassp Multibeam Sonar systems. Providing 2D and 3D mapping, seafloor discrimination, side scan and water column information.

WASSP delivers greater accuracy

Wassp multibeam sonars accurately profile the water column and seafloor highlighting reefs, wrecks, fish schools, seafloor hardness changes and foreign objects in the water column or on the seafloor. This information is presented in user-friendly displays, all controlled via a mouse and stored on computer hard drive for future use.

3D View

2D View

Sonar

Normal Echo Sounder	Side Scan	4 Way Split

WASSP delivers 120º swath high resolution coverage through 112 beams

A powerful, patented transmitter pulses a sonar beam over a wide 120º swath port-starboard of the vessel with a pulse rate of up to eight pulses per second. The return sonar signals are received through a custom designed, phased array, receive transducer to resolve 112 dynamic beams within the 120º swath. The result is a multi-beam sonar system with very wide 120º port–starboard coverage, but also very high resolution delivered through the 112 beams.

WASSP is available in 2 frequencies to suit differing market needs

Wassp is available in two frequency options depending upon the required depth performance and resolution requirements from customers. Wassp WMB-160F is a 160kHz multibeam sonar for operation down to 200m depth.

Wassp WMB-80F is an 80kHz multibeam sonar for operation down to 500m depth. Wassp WMB-80F is primarily designed for Commercial fisherman while Wassp WMB160F has three core customers groups – Commercial Fishing, Marine Professionals, Super Yacht.

WASSP uses the very latest technology

A WASSP multibeam sonar system comprises of 3 modules – a transducer (incorporating separate transmit and receive arrays), a signal processing box (called a BTxR) and a standard Windows XP display PC (or laptop for portable applications). The WASSP operating software runs on the display PC and manages all functions of the multi-beam sonar, including display functions, storage of information and output of this information to third-party plotting systems. For full details see “Specifications”.

WASSP gives you flexability in deployment

WASSP transducers can be permanently mounted to the vessel or deployed via a pole, depending on the vessel and application.

WASSP can be integrated with other functions to improve your seafloor profiling accuracy

To further improve WASSP performance, GPS compass, roll, pitch and heading, and sound speed inputs can be interfaced to improve seafloor-profiling accuracy. In addition, WASSP includes a built-in tide correction database for almost anywhere in the world, which along with careful attention to ship’s offset – the position of GPS sensor, transducer and roll center relative to the ship’s centerline – results in more accurate seafloor profiles and fish school location.

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