Jasco Applied Sciences

JASCO Applied Sciences provides scientific consulting, equipment, software, and systems related to underwater acoustics. Understanding how sound travels through the ocean sits at the centre of that work, along with the question of what impact that sound has on marine life and on the wider environment. The company supports every stage of environmental reviews and assessments of underwater sound, and it helps clients meet regulatory requirements by producing scientifically defensible assessments for government regulators and for the public. Its expertise covers acoustic monitoring, data acquisition, modelling, analysis, and the technical services that go with them. Regulatory work of that kind runs through much of the business, since a client facing a review of underwater noise needs both the measurements and an assessment that will hold up under scrutiny. The company serves a range of ocean and offshore sectors, among them defence and security, marine construction, offshore renewables, oil and gas, and ship acoustics. Its work extends further into renewable energy, shipping, fisheries, maritime transport, and other ocean industries, so the same acoustic expertise reaches a naval programme, a wind farm, and a merchant fleet alike. JASCO operates internationally from offices in several countries, and it works across the full lifecycle of environmental impact assessment and underwater noise review, from early planning through to regulatory submission. A distinctive part of the business comes from the way it combines scientific and technical capabilities in one organisation. The company holds expertise in software and hardware development, in rapid prototyping, and in integrated systems for underwater acoustic monitoring. It designs, develops, and manufactures oceanographic data acquisition systems of its own. It collaborates with defence prime contractors as well, supplying and customizing software for the detection, classification, and localization of underwater sounds of interest. Its overall scope runs wide: research, consulting, monitoring, analysis, modelling, instrument and system development, and regulatory support, all of it focused on underwater sound and its effects.