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Contemporary UUV Propulsor Design

Feb 20, 2019 | News

HydroComp Technical Director shares insight into the balancing act and complexities of unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) design.From the standpoint of vehicle propulsion physics, an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) is little different from your personal ski boat or a... Read more

From Propellers to Underwater Noise

Jan 24, 2019 | News

By anticipating the maritime industry’s future problems, HydroComp has managed to successfully negotiate a changing landscape. Its newest initiative focused on the issue of ship noise pollution.Even for experienced ship designers, coming to grips with propellers... Read more

Practical ‘Designer-Guided’ Hull Form Optimization

Nov 21, 2018 | News

Making designer-guided hydrodynamic hull form optimization part of the design process ensures it will be system-ready and benchmarked, argues HydroComp’s Don MacPherson Design ‘optimization’ can be a two-edged sword. It can achieve substantial... Read more

NavCad Demonstrates Success at ASNE MACC

Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, News

HydroComp staff recently participated in the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Multi-Agency Craft Conference 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland as one of ten competing teams in the Planing Hull Simulation Grand Challenge. As described by ASNE, the challenge was to... Read more