MacArtney A/S
Founded in 1978 by Martin "Mac" and Winnie MacArtney, the company began its journey in Esbjerg, Denmark, with a vision to become an independent supplier of cables and submarine equipment. From the early days of operating with a telex machine in the kitchen, the business successfully developed into the MacArtney Group, a global enterprise supplying innovative underwater technology.
MacArtney has established itself as a privately owned global market leader, leveraging over forty years of experience. With its headquarters in Esbjerg, the company has expanded its reach with offices across APAC, Europe, and the Americas, ensuring global access to local support.
The company's extensive product portfolio comprises connectivity, data acquisition, and launch & recovery systems, covering applications from the surface to the seafloor. MacArtney's offerings cater to diverse sectors, including marine and offshore, ocean science, and naval industries, including customised solutions that meet each client's unique needs.
Turnkey solutions to the defence industry
MacArtney has vast experience equipping the worldwide markets of defence contractors and navies. The scope of deliveries represents all system and solution groups and includes classified deliveries.
Turnkey solutions to the defence industry include connectivity products, instrumentation, deck and over-the-side handling equipment, e.g. cables, sonars and winches. Leading-edge technology for the world's defence markets is a must. MacArtney’s end-to-end approach secures standard or custom solutions for various applications in close cooperation with clients and their teams.
MacArtney’s expertise in CUSV winch solutions
Leveraging extensive experience and a longstanding collaboration with defence leaders such as Textron Systems and Raytheon, MacArtney Underwater Technology delivers custom-built winch solutions for the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV®).
CUSV winch solutions
In close partnership with Textron Systems, MacArtney's teams meticulously design, produce, and test winches capable of withstanding shock and vibration from exploding mines, meeting stringent military specifications. This involves ensuring alignment on innovation, development, and timing.
Similarly, with Raytheon, MacArtney supplies autonomously controlled winch systems for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) platform on the CUSV®, providing flexible integration and comprehensive systems solutions.
MacArtney prioritises customer specifications from concept to delivery, offering expertise across various applications and specific defence needs.
UISS CUSV electronic winch
Subsea cable termination frames
MacArtney's cable termination frames provide robust support and protection for subsea cables, ensuring their integrity and longevity in challenging underwater environments.
The subsea cable termination frames represent a cutting-edge solution for the efficient management and organisation of critical infrastructure below the water's surface. These frames offer several key benefits for surveying critical infrastructure, customisable for various applications such as charging stations for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and as breakout boxes for intricate cable management.
Cable termination frame (CTF)
Remotely Operated Towed Vehicles - ROTVs
The FOCUS ROTV is the result of more than 25 years of constant product development and customer feedback. The design philosophy of the FOCUS system is to provide a robust, easy-to-use, accurate, steerable, open, and flexible instrumentation platform that can be deployed for a wide variety of underwater data acquisition and inspection applications.
The FOCUS ROTV can be equipped with a wide variety of survey equipment, ranging from side scan sonars, multibeam sonars, synthetic aperture sonars (SAS), magnetometers, cameras, lights and many more.
The high payload capacity of the FOCUS ROTV allows the vehicle to be customised with several types of equipment simultaneously. Explore further details - FOCUS 3 ROTV video
Applications
- Pipeline inspection
- Large area searches and MCM
- Site surveys and seafloor mapping
- Cable route surveys
- UXO detection
The primary defence operation covers hydrography, harbour and coastal surveillance, marine environmental tasks, inspections, submarines, and mine counter measurements.
ROTV - FOCUS 3
One-stop shop
One of MacArtney's strengths is to have the entire value chain in-house, enabling broad knowledge to utilise new technologies and think across teams, phases and processes to provide customers with the best solutions. The company can balance resources and give the necessary priority to all tasks in the flow.
Besides designing, manufacturing, and supplying cutting-edge systems and products, MacArtney's capabilities extend to project management, global after-sales service, and workshop facilities, backed by extensive moulding, production, and test capabilities. This comprehensive approach ensures that every product delivered performs reliably in the challenging underwater environment.
Connecting oceans of knowledge
As MacArtney continues to grow and evolve, we remain committed to supporting the ever-developing field of underwater technology, ensuring defence clients are equipped with the best tools to explore and harness the ocean's potential.
