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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 19 Visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 208 - Polymeric (mid-range applica- tions) - Penetrators (pressure boundary penetration) - "Portsmouth" (MIL-C-24231) Bluefin Robotics 237 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA USA 02139 Tel: 617-715-7082; Fax: 617-498-0067 E-mail: babraham@bluefinrobotics.com CEO: Dr. Brian Abraham Number of Employees: 65 Annual sales: $10 million Starting in 1989, the MIT Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Laboratory pioneered AUV platform technologies. The 15-year long pro- gression from the SeaSquirt to the current Bluefin AUV components, power systems and platforms has led to dramatic gains in capability, per- formance, and applicability. Capable of reaching the sea floor and robust enough to be deployed in the Antarctic and the Labrador Sea, the Bluefin team has proven that AUVs can be a reliable, affordable tool to the academic, commercial, and mili- tary community. In particular, the Bluefin AUV is the standard vehicle for the scientific community. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oregon State University, MIT, MBARI, and Florida Atlantic University have all placed orders for AUV systems from Bluefin. Founded in 1997, and headquartered just blocks from the MIT laboratory that created its core UUV technology, Bluefin Robotics has grown to a 65- employee company whose design, production, and operations facilities occupy two locations in the Boston area. To date, Bluefin has built (or is producing) a total of 40 UUVs for military, commercial and academic customers. Bluefin's AUV technology is built on 15 years of effort and over $40 million of AUV R&D funding. Technology Profile Since 1999, Bluefin has been a prof- itable organization and has expanded its product portfolio to include sever- al classes of vehicles and peripheral MTR#5 (17-35)2.qxd 6/16/2006 11:13 AM Page 19
