"Starting on December 30, the Texas-based seabed-mapping firm Ocean Infinity will spend 55 days sweeping a 15,000-square-kilometer (about 5,800-square-mile) swath of the southern Indian Ocean that investigators believe could hold the jet's wreckage. It's a high-stakes mission: the no find, no fee deal means Malaysia could pay Ocean Infinity up to $70 million but only if the firm produces substantive wreckage."
"The company is leaning on a more mature generation of ocean technology: largely uncrewed surface vessels coordinating swarms of autonomous underwater vehicles that can hover a few tens of meters above the seabed and map terrain down to a depth of nearly 6,000 meters with multibeam sonar, sub-bottom profilers and high-resolution imaging. Ocean Infinity says its upgraded system can cover more ground at higher resolution and"
Malaysia is restarting the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and is sending ships and robots into a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. Ocean Infinity will deploy swarms of autonomous underwater vehicles coordinated by uncrewed surface vessels to scan a 15,000-square-kilometer search area over 55 days beginning December 30. The operation uses multibeam sonar, sub-bottom profilers and high-resolution imaging to map seabed terrain to nearly 6,000 meters. The search area remains confidential and derives from satellite handshake tracking and drift reconstructions of debris fragments. The contract is no-find, no-fee, with payment contingent on recovery of substantive wreckage.
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