SMART Systems

SMART Systems - Launched

Vanuatu - New Caledonia

  • The Vanuatu - New Caledonia SMART cable would provide critical new telecommunications and natural hazards (tsunami, earthquake) monitoring for a vulnerable region of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Funding for this cable is currently in development.

  • Lifou, New Caledonia to Port Vila, Vanuatu via Tanna, Vanuatu

  • In Development

  • ASN

  • $12M - $15M (Estimated)

  • ~300 km

  • 2-3

    The Vanuatu - New Caledonia SMART cable would provide critical new telecommunications and natural hazards (tsunami, earthquake) monitoring for a vulnerable region of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Funding for this cable is currently in development.

InSEA Wet Demo

  • The InSEA Wet Demo project is a collaboration between Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and Guralp Systems, Inc. to develop and install several types of sensors in telecom repeater pressure housings. While not a formal SMART system, this demonstration system will provide critical information about the quality and type of data expected to be recorded on SMART repeaters.

  • Catania, Italy offshore into Ionian Sea

  • Started 2019; now deployed and streaming data in INGV.

  • Guralp Systems Ltd.

  • €2.4M

  • 21 km

  • 3 Pre-SMART sensor systems in repeater housings. Each containing a broadband seismometer, force-balance accelerometer, APG and temperature sensor.

SMART Atlantic CAM

  • CAM (Continent - Azores - Madeira) is the first dual-use telecom/SMART system in development. It is designed to both replace the current CAM ring as well as provide critical new sensor capabilities for tsunami and earthquake early warning for Portugal as well as surrounding regions.

  • Portuguese Mainland to Azores and Madeira

  • RFT released 2022; Anticipated RFS 2025

  • TBD

  • €154M (approved Nov 2022)

  • ~3,700 km

  • ~50

SMART Systems - In Planning

Antarctica NZ / AU

  • The Antarctica to New Zealand - Australia SMART Cable would deliver significantly increased bandwidth to McMurdo Station, improving both scientific data delivery and improved living conditions for staff and scientists deployed to McMurdo. SMART Repeaters and mini-observatories would be located along the cable to provide both monitoring and research capabilities.

  • McMurdo Station, Antarctica to New Zealand and/or Australia

  • Desktop Study complete; Public report forthcoming

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • ~4,900-6,400 km

  • ~50-70

Polar Connect

  • A Northern European initiative to obtain secure and resilient connectivity through the Arctic to Asia and North America for Research, Development, Innovation and Education.

  • Arctic region

  • In progress

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • TBD

Indonesia

  • The BPPT is developing a SMARTCBT (Cable Based Tsunami) system which will accommodate both tsunami sensors and data communication. Single-ended test systems are planned for Labuhan Bajo and Rokatenda; a double-ended system is anticipated to be deployed across Makassar Strait connecting East Kalimantan and Mamuju in West Sulawesi.

  • Makassar Strait connecting East Kalimantan and Mamuju in West Sulawesi

  • In Development (BMKG in partnership with BRIN)

  • BPPT (Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology)

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • TBD

MEDUSA

  • The MEDUSA cable project will connect five Mediterranean EU countries (Cyprus, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) with four countries from the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia). A SMART component is currently under consideration.

  • Lisbon, Portugal to Port Said, Egypt with landings in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, France, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus

  • In Development; Anticipated RFS 2024/2025

  • ASN

  • €326M (w/o SMART)

  • ~8,760 km

  • ~125

Chatham Islands - NZ

  • The Chatham Islands - New Zealand SMART Cable would provide improved telecommunications connectivity and improve geohazards monitoring in the region (including tsunami and earthquake early warning) to the Chatham Islands, a remote island community ∼800 km east of the New Zealand mainland. The cable would also enhance scientific understanding of a large range of geophysical and oceanographic processes.

  • Chatham Islands to eastern New Zealand

  • Under government review

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • ~800 km

  • ~6-12

Far North Fiber

  • Far North Fiber project is a subsea fiber optic cable system with landings in United States, Canada, and dual landings in Japan and Europe (Norway/Finland and Ireland), providing reduced latency for many regions. A SMART component is currently under consideration.

    Project Website

  • Japan to Europe via the NW Passage with landings in Alaska, USA; Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada; and Greenland, Denmark

  • In Development

  • ASN

  • TBD

  • ~14,500 km

  • TBD; currently under consideration

Project Koete

  • Project Koete is largely commercially driven but will include a SMART component. Specifically, it will be designed to support earthquake and tsunami early warning, as well as monitor the ocean environment.

    Project Website

  • Perth-Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore-Malaysia

  • In Development

  • TBD

  • TBD

  • ~8,000 km

  • TBD