With over 100,000 in-service units, Dukane Seacom is the unmatched market leader in underwater locator beacons for the aviation market segment. Dukane Seacom ULBs are the industry standard and are installed on every commercial air transport, regional, and business aviation aircraft flying modern flight and data recorders. Dukane Seacom ULBs are also standard equipment on military fixed wing, rotary wing aircraft flying voice, and data recorders. Dukane Seacom beacons are essentially the standard equipment for every major aviation and military black box manufacturer.
Keeping with an aircraft underwater acoustic beacon legacy, Dukane Seacom is also a leading ULB supplier for Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) application.
Like black boxes carried on aircrafts, VDR is a data recording system designed for all vessels required to comply with the IMO’s International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Requirements (IMO Res.A.861(20)) in order to collect data from various sensors on board the vessel. If the ship sinks in a marine accident, the data stored in the VDR unit can be recovered by the authorities or ship owners for incident investigation.
The DKM502 (30 day operational life) and DKM502/90 (90 days operational life as per new IMO standard) ULBs are:
- BSH Certified and designed to perform under adverse marine environments
- Reliable due to usage of corrosion resistant hardware, and
- Epoxy and black anodized finish as per MIL-A-8524F
Their purpose is to provide for underwater relocation of marine voyage data recorders to insure the recovery of the memory module at sea to depth of 6000 meters (20,000 ft).