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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 53 attending Florida Atlantic University received $3,000, and Snow who will be attending the University of Washington received $2,000. All will be recognized during the Awards Presentations at Underwater Intervention '07 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Drew Michel, Chairman of the ROV Committee of MTS initiated the scholarship program in 1994. Since then it has awarded over $80,000 to deserving students. Scholarship applications for 2007/8 must be received by April 15, 2007. Details on how to apply and addi- tional information on the MTS ROV committee can be found at http://www.rov.org/. Kollmorgen Awarded $17.2m Option Kollmorgen Corp., Electro-Optical Division, Northampton, Mass., was awarded a $17,210,195 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed price modifi- cation under previously awarded con- tract to exercise an option for pro- duction of seven integrated subma- rine imaging systems (ISIS), includ- ing associated on-board repair parts and installation-checkout spares for the SSN 688 class submarine; and one ISIS SSGN class production sys- tem, including associated on-board repair parts and installation and check-out spares. The integrated submarine imaging system will pro- vide mission critical, all weather, visu- al and electronic search, digital image management, indication, warning, and platform architecture interface capabilities for SSN 688, SSN 21, and SSGN class submarines. i-Tech's Announces Deepwater ROV Program Global contractor, i-Tech, part of Subsea 7, said it has placed a signifi- cant order for new build deepwater work class vehicles, which will be supplied with advanced, light weight, high performance handling systems. The systems, to be named Centurion Qx, have been specifically designed and built for i-Tech and its target market. The 125hp Centurion Qx will be rated to operate at water depths up to 2,000m as standard with options to upgrade to 3,000 m and beyond. The systems will be built by SMD Hydrovision (SMDH) at its Turbinia works on the River Tyne in Newcastle, UK. The Centurion Qx is an evolution of the successful Subsea 7 designed and built Centurion work class series. The new Centurion Qx will incorporate a number of key components used on SMDH's proven Q-Series range of ROV's including DVECS distributed control and the latest generation Curvetech thrusters. OceanWorks Completes Testing of Thruster OceanWorks International, Inc. completed successful testing of a new thruster system for the Hardsuit atmospheric diving suit. The first system will be delivered on a Hardsuit system scheduled for delivery to an undisclosed NATO Navy in the spring of 2006. The new thrusters can be directly retrofit to both HS1200 and HS2000 Hardsuit systems. The new high performance thruster system provides significantly improved reliability and vertical and horizontal thrust. Another advantage is noise reduction that allows for improved communications. WHG Wins NOAA Contract Woods Hole Group, Inc. won a real-time current monitoring project with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Great Lakes. Under contract to NOAA, Woods Hole Group will install two Horizontal Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (HADCP) for real time data report- ing in two rivers adjacent to Lake Erie. One installation will be on the Maumee River in Toledo, and one will be on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. Both locations are con- sidered critical for safe vessel naviga- tion and will provide real-time river current conditions. The real time current information is intended to assist the Great Lakes Shipping Association, Lake Carriers Association, and Lake Pilots Association to more safely navigate. After the installations are complete, NOAA will process and disseminate the river current information through their Great Lakes PORTS on-line data display http://www.glakeson- line.nos.noaa.gov/ people & companies MTR#6 (49-64).qxd 7/11/2006 9:31 AM Page 53
