Test and Evaluation Ranges, and
Systems Integration
• Nautronix Inc, San Diego and
Houston: Vessel Management and
Positioning Systems
Nautronix MariPro Inc., Santa
Barbara CA: Underwater Test and
Evaluation Ranges, Ocean sciences
and Through Water
Communications.
Nautronix specializes in this field
and it has used its experience in con-
ventional narrowband signaling and
broadband chirps, as a base from
which to concentrate on increasing
signal bandwidth to develop Acoustic
Digital Spread Spectrum, (ADS²) sig-
naling. This is derived from direct
sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
coding techniques successfully used
above water.
ORE Offshore
4 Little Brook Road
West Wareham, MA 02576
Tel: 1-508-291-0960
Fax: 1-508-291-0975
www.ore.com
Email: sales@ore.com
VP: Greg MacEachern
ORE Offshore was
founded in 1961 with
the original focus of
the company being
subsurface flotation
and acoustically
released anchors for
oceanographic moorings. Today
ORE is a leading manufacturer in
high accuracy acoustic positioning,
communication and control systems.
ORE has two main product lines;
Underwater Navigation &
Positioning and Acoustic
Communication & Control. The
Navigation & Positioning systems are
used to track underwater vehicles
including ROVs, AUVs, and towed
instrumentation packages. The
Communication & Control products
are used to locate, communicate and
activate or control devices underwa-
ter. These include acoustic releases,
acoustic transponders, acoustic long
baseline positioning systems, and
acoustic telemetry products. ORE
sells and supports their products to
offshore, military and institutional
customers on a global scale. The
company is based in West Wareham,
Massachusetts and shares a facility
with its sister division, EdgeTech
Marine.
Technology Profile: ORE Offshore
designs and manufactures acoustic
products for many underwater appli-
cations. The company's core technol-
ogy is acoustic tracking and underwa-
ter communications.
PCCI, Inc.
300 North Lee Street, Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314-2640
Tel: 1-703-684-2060
Fax: 1-703-684-5343
Email:thudon@pccii.com
www.pccii.com
CEO: Alan Becker
President: Robert Urban
Vice President: Frank Marcinkowski
Marketing Director: Thomas Hudon
Engineering Director: Tony Kupersmith
Number of Employees: 46
Annual Sales (US$): 19,300,000
PCCI, Inc. is a privately owned
marine and environmental engineer-
ing firm established in 1977. The
company has specialized experience
in: marine emergency operations
involving oil and hazardous substance
issues, salvage and safety engineering,
Incident Command System (ICS)
management, emergency response
planning and training, ocean engi-
neering, and naval architecture.
PCCI specialty services include:
Perry Slingsby Systems
821 Jupiter Park Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
Tel: 561-743-7000;
Fax: 561-743-1313
E-mail: Laura.Rhodes@us.perrymail.com
CEO: Martin Anderson
Managing Director: Martin Anderson
COO: Bruce Lokay
Perry Slingsby Systems is a leader in
the design and manufacturing of
remote intervention technologies and
equipment systems. Production is
carried out at two facilities. One in
Kirkbymoorside, near York, England,
in a 48,000 sq. ft. plant and the other
in Jupiter, near Palm Beach, Fla., in a
45,000 sq. ft. plant. The company
recently opened a state of art training
facility located in the heart of
Houston, Texas. PSS remote inter-
vention technologies and equipment
systems are grouped into six business
lines: Vehicle Systems, Tooling &
Robotic Systems, Support Services,
Defense, Process Controls Products
and Geotechnical & Trenching
Products. Sub-Atlantic Limited is the
newest addition to the Triton Group.
Phoenix International, Inc.
9301 Largo Drive West, Largo, Md. 20774
Tel: 301-341-7800; Fax: 301-499-.0027
Email: tjanaitis@phnx-international.com
URL- www.phnx-international.com
President: Mike Kutzleb
Executive Vice President: John Smith
Marketing Director: Tim Janaitis
VP Engineering: Eric Lindberg
Facilities: Six facilities: Maryland, Louisiana, Texas,
Virginia, California, and Hawaii
Square Footage: 330,510
Testing Capabilities- Pressure Chamber: 10,000
psi; Test Tank: 18,000 gallons, 12 ft. deep; Fiber
Optic Testing: Electronics to component Level
Number of Employees: 264
Annual Sales (US$): $60,000,000
Phoenix International, Inc. is 10-
year old marine service company spe-
cializing in underwater operations
and engineering worldwide. The orig-
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