University, firm working on domestic submersibleBy Huang Hsu-lei, Chang Chung-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerNational Sun Yat-sen University and CSBC Corp, Taiwan have been working to develop and build a search-and-rescue submersible, a research team said yesterday. The submersible, which is being developed by the university’s Institute of Undersea Technology, is equipped with the institute’s fiber-optic instrumentation towed system and locally built sonar systems, the institute said. Its development team, led by Wang Chua-chin (王朝欽), said that the first variant of the dual-seat submersible completed an 8m underwater test in Kaohsiung Harbor on July 15. Researchers from National Sun Yat-sen University’s Institute of Undersea Technology and the National Applied Research Laboratories’ Taiwan Ocean Research Institute pose for a photograph in front of a prototype search-and-rescue submersible in Kaohsiung on Tuesday. National Applied Research Laboratories’ Taiwan Ocean Research Institute Director Wang Chao-chang (王兆璋) said that the nation has always had the capability of manufacturing underwater equipment.

Source: Taipei Times December 30, 2020 15:56 UTC