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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 51 people & companies not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was compet- itively procured via a Topical Broad Agency Announcement and eight offers were received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity. Survey Firm Buys Norwegian Vessel C&C Technologies purchased M/V Northern Resolution from Malene Østervold Shipping AS of Torangsvåg, Norway. C&C said the 247-ft. Norwegian flagged vessel will assist in acquiring geophysical and geotechnical data. It has accommodations for 50 pas- sengers and can transit at a speed of 12 knots for up to 50 days duration. Currently in dry-dock in New Orleans, vessel modifications will include hull-mounting an EA 600 deep-water single beam profiler and an EM 120 multibeam echosounder (both from Kongsberg Maritime AS, Horten, Norway), installing the launch and retrieval system for C&C's new C-Surveyor II AUV, and altering the vessel's design to ensure efficient operations. Although the majority of the projects intended for the Northern Resolution are AUV assignments, the vessel will also be mobilized to perform conventional geophysical surveys and deep-water geotechnical soil sampling. More at www.cctechnol.com. Iridium Establishes Developer Program The oceanographic firm of Oceanscience Group (Oceanside, California) joined three others as "value added developers" for Iridium Satellite LLC. "Iridium has created its VAD program to establish direct technical relationships with compa- nies that have a particular expertise or capability to develop new products or solutions using Iridium voice or data service," said Greg Ewert, Iridium's executive vice president. Iridium is a provider of global satel- lite voice and data solutions with complete coverage of the earth (including oceans, airways, and polar regions) through its constellation of 66 low-earth orbiting, cross-linked satellites and 12 in-orbit spares. The Oceanscience Group specializes in the development of oceanographic and hydrologic instrument deployment and communication equipment. Value-added developers work directly with Iridium service providers, value- added resellers, and value-added man- ufacturers to distribute their solutions or products. More at www.iridium.com. Oceanography Center Renamed The U.K.'s National Oceanography Center came into being May 1 fol- lowing its renaming from the Southampton Oceanography Center. With the change comes a new direc- tor, Professor Ed Hill. He noted, "The formal designation as a National Center, with the accompa- nying change of name, is a natural progression for the center. It rein- forces its position and reflects the expectation that it will act as the national focus for oceanography. This will also facilitate in an inclusive way a strategic coordination of research for the UK's marine and earth science community." More at www.soc.soton.ac.uk. Applanix Announces New Management Structure Applanix Corp. appointed Brad Koziey as director of sales and Kevin Perkins as executive sales manager, Airborne Products for the Americas. Koziey will assume responsibility for strategic sales planning, management and support for the complete line of Applanix products for the land, air- borne and marine markets world- wide. Perkins will oversee all airborne sales for North, South, and Central America. More at www.applanix.com. Statoil Opens Houston Office Officials of the Norwegian oil major announced that its U.S. office opened up in Houston, Texas. The Statoil ASA office will follow up opportuni- ties in the Gulf of Mexico region. More at www.statoil.com. Satlantic Wins 2005 Exporter Award Satlantic Inc. won the prestigious 2005 Nova Scotia Exporter of the Year Award presented by Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency (ACOA) and Nova Scotia Business Inc. last May 19. About 90 percent of Satlantic's oceanographic optical sensor sales are made to international clients. More at www.satlantic.com. MTR#1 (49-64).qxd 7/19/2005 12:55 PM Page 51
