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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 23 ICAN Suite 201 1118 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl Newfoundland Canada A1N 5E7 Tel +7097540400; Fax: +7097540419 E-mail: apower@icanmarine.com www.icanmarine.com CEO: Neil Chaulk ICAN was established in November 1996 by Neil Chaulk. Neil, a profes- sional engineer, had been working with the Canadian Coast Guard when he conceived of a company that could provide Differential GPS (DGPS) consulting to other coun- tries. Today, ICAN employs 35 in three Canadian provinces and two U.S. states and has a minority shareholder in The Netherlands. IXSEA 500 W. Cummings Park Suite 100 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: +49 69 247 06953; Fax: +49 69 247 06953 Email: arne.hoof@ixsea.com URL : www.ixsea.com/en IXSEA offers solutions in the scien- tific, offshore and defense markets for: navigation and positioning, imagery, moorings, and survey. IXSEA has 3 industrial sites in France as well as a global sales network in Europe, America and Asia. It cur- rently employs 180 people, with more than 50 PHD graduates and engineers concentrating solely on research and development. IXSEA offers a broad and unique range of complementary systems and solu- tions built on key technologies like, FOG (Fiber Optic Gyroscope) tech- nology, Underwater acoustics, and Seismic, sonar and magnetometer imagery solutions. Technology Profile: IXSEA works in five main market segments: Navigation and positioning, Imagery, Moorings, Survey, and Space. Its Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) tech- nology is at the heart of its Gyrocompasses and Inertial Navigation Systems. IXSEA is at the center of the data fusion revolution: by merging Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Global Acoustic Positioning Systems (GAPS, IXSEA's USBL), IXSEA strives to provide accurate and robust subsea position- ing, where all data is fused into opti- mal solutions. MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100MTR100 Shadows MTR#6 (17-32).qxd 7/13/2007 9:56 AM Page 23
