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Our 2019 photo and video contests attracted an impressive number of submissions from around the world! We want to thank everyone who entered the contests. And now on to the winners. Capturing first place in the photo competition was Jan Henrik Bentsen of Dagfin Skaar AS. Runner-up was Brett Garner of Lindblad Expeditions. Finishing first in the vid...

  Be sure to stop by and see us as we exhibit at the following conferences in the coming weeks: January 28-29 – CRLEA Conference – Laughlin, Nevada (joining us will be representatives from Crossmon Consulting, one of our dealers) February 4-6 – Underwater Intervention – New Orleans, Louisiana (Booth 406)

  A small team of volunteer divers in Canada has shown an unwavering dedication to the search and recovery of drowning victims. And what it lacks in size, it makes up for with a lot of HEART. In fact, that's what this group officially calls itself – HEART, which stands for Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team. Since its inception, the squ...

VideoRay will be closed on Monday, January 20 in recognition of the Martin Luther King holiday. 

  Time and again, the VideoRay Pro 4 has proven its worth to the Stutsman County Dive & Rescue Team in North Dakota. In fact, it was pressed into service twice last month alone. Each time, the Pro 4 helped in the recovery of victims' bodies. In early December, the team was called out to assist in the search of a missing man who's utility t...

An underwater exploration of the Galapagos Marine Reserve with a VideoRay Pro 5 led to an exciting discovery by research scientists with the Charles Darwin Foundation. Find out what they uncovered in an article published by the Foundation earlier this month. 

  For Tom Crossmon, there probably isn't trustier work equipment than the VideoRay Pro 4. As a consultant, he's used it hundreds of times, often to assist in the recovery of drowning victims. Crossmon can't say enough about the reliability and efficiency of the Pro 4. "It's proven itself over and over again in a variety of challenging situatio...

When a catastrophic dive boat fire claimed the lives of 34 people off the California coast this past Labor Day, a high school science teacher trained in using the VideoRay Pro 4 was called on to assist with rescue and recovery efforts. Dominique Evans-Bye was contacted for assistance by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, for whom she has serv...

For the second time since acquiring the VideoRay Pro 5, the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) used the unit to conduct a successful underwater recovery, this time in the Whiteshell River in Manitoba, where a 49-year-old man went missing while harvesting wild rice in an airboat. HEART had deployed the VideoRay Pro 5 earlier in the su...

Next step in multi-year collaboration on effective Explosive Ordnance Disposal through man-portable remotely operated-vehicle (ROV) Pottstown, PA - VideoRay today announced its second multi million-dollar award with the U.S. Navy to develop, define, and deploy new technology for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations. This contract follo...

  CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - Earlier this month, the Clear Lake Fire Department received a new underwater drone, thanks to an anonymous donor. This past weekend, firefighters were able to get hands on training on just how to use it. Continue Reading - KIMT3 News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife successfully recovered a victim from the Harvey Gap Reservoir in Colorado with their new VideoRay Pro 4 ROV system with BlueView Sonar and Manipulator Arm. This is the first ROV recovery for the team and the victim was recovered in under 40 minutes. For more news, read: https://www.outtherecolorado.com/apparent-drowning-...

On May 15, 2019, at Wonsan Island Beach, South Korea, a diver was reported missing from a scuba diving group. The Korean Coast Guard and Rescue Association was called in to search for the missing diver. They searched with 2 helicopters and over 10 boats and were unsuccessful. Triton Hi-Tech was called in with their VideoRay to assist with the searc...

Chris Gibson, VideoRay's Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development, was featured in the Marine Technology Reporter. The article highlights his work with VideoRay, VideoRay's success, and new VideoRay technology. Read the article online here: http://bit.ly/ChrisMTR19. Read the article in the MTR magazine here: http:...

The Indian Navy has been using its fleet of VideoRay Mission Specialist Defenders to search for and recover victims of a mine flood in December 2018. Fifteen miners perished inside the illegal coal mine, called a rat-hole, in Meghalaya, India. So far, one victim has been recovered. The search is still ongoing, with water in the mines causing signif...

January 13 was the 7 th anniversary of the Costa Concordia wreck, in which VideoRay played a large part in the removal project that began in May 2012. VideoRay was brought on to the project through iRov , a Dealer and Authorized Service Center of VideoRay in Italy. The mission required eight  VideoRay Pro 4 ROV systems to provide eyes und...

​The Summit County Sheriff's Office was brought in to help the search and rescue team of Delta County of Colorado recover two victims that fell through the ice of a lake of on Grand Mesa. Summit County was also able to locate and recover the Snow-Cat they were riding when the accident happened. News Coverage: Fox Denver The Daily Sentinel...

On December 30, 2018, a Hawker Hunter Jet Fighter was located in about 245 feet of water by Steve Van Meter of Van Meter Consulting. Steve was contacted by Parker Marine Salvage due to his experience with difficult missions. An extensive Sidescan sonar mission, lasting several days, had identified 75 potential targets.Prior to deploying his VideoRa...

Rescue organization ZAKA is using their VideoRay Pro 4 to search for and recover the bones of almost 15,000 Hungarian Jews that were thrown into the Danube waters during World War II. The first victims were located in 2011, and now, 75 years and multiple negotiations later, the ZAKA team is hoping to retrieve and finally bury the bones of the victi...

UW-Tech , a Swedish company specializing in underwater inspections of hydropower plants, was featured in Mercedes-Benz magazine for their use of the brand's V-class van as their main form of transportation and operation for their VideoRay ROV and underwater equipment. Read the full feature here .