Marine Technology Reporter, May 2008

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TECHNOLOGY R E P O R T E R Subsea Defense Protecting the Technology that Protects Us Don’t Fly Blind ROV Ops in Low Visibility PAL Delivers Eyes in the Sky SEAPerch Subsea Defense Jeff Snyder is the President of SeaVision NEW YORK FLORIDA Associate Publisher & Editor Contributing Editors Production Manager Irina Tabakina Sales Administration Manager Tina Veselov Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik CIRCULATION Kathleen Hickey ADVERTISING Vice President, Sales and Marketing Rob Howard Advertising Sales Manager Classified Advertising, Employment Dawn Trauthwein on the Cover Subsea Defense Services the Authors Your Marine Technology One-Stop-Shop Technology Reports NEWS & JOB Updates Marine Technology Reporter is February, August, and December Periodicals Postage at New York, Business Publications Francis Bacon REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicles MTREnews SUBSCRIBE Hickey at ADVERTISE POST/SEARCH JOBS SUBMIT EDITORIAL SUBMIT VIDEO EVENTS CALENDAR Transportation Worker Identification Tech Online Edition, MIT's Student Planetary Sciences Department Initial Determination of Threat Assessment, Student Newspaper & Staff Reports) Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) Tyco Wins Turnkey Contract Main One Cable System to Tyco Acoustic Positioning Acoustic Release and Telemetry NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing NOAA National Data Buoy Center, NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, and the NOAA CoastWatch Program NOAA Begins Ocean Data Integration Effort Serpent Project Up for EU Award & Environmental ROV Partnership Keith Dewar, Senior Environmental JV Wins Subsea Pipeline Petroleum Mining and Todd Petroleum By Greg Trauthwein Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of Ken Santucci Modem Release Acoustic Release Acoustic Release Acoustic Release Modem Release Acoustic Modem Pop-Up Buoy Modem Release UNIVERSAL DECK BOX SEAPerch Final Standings George Mason University, Fairfax Campus Overall (School) Maneuvering Game Allesio Touma, Cuu Godfrey) Recovery Game Collaboration Game Zavier Stringfellow) Constantine Ferrara) T-Shirt Design Cody Tewell) Research Paper Andrew Erwin) Matt Barrett, Michael Pulice) Allesio Touma, Cuu Godfrey) Design Notebook Matt Barrett, Michael Pulice) Allesio Touma, Cuu Godfrey) Innovative Design Cody Tewell) Robot Strategy Mike Pesce, Cody Tewell) Allesio Touma, Cuu Godfrey) Overall (Teams) Matt Barrett, Michael Pulice) Allesio Touma, Cuu Godfrey) Mike Pesce, Cody Tewell) Schools SEAPerch ROV Competition Day Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Fulcrum Minehunting and Disposal System Canadian Navy Trials Active Towfish VSPs Power Offshore Construction Vessel Ocean Pioneer Heads to Trinidad Seven Seas Inaugurated Seven Seas Main Particulars Maneuvering and Propulsion Systems Dynamic Positioning Systems Deck Cranes ROV Systems Pipelay Systems Communications Systems ROV Ops in Low Visibility Flooded Mine: A Challenging Environ Aided Inertial Navigation Bulkhead Door Bulkhead Door INS Combined with 3D Model ROV Ops in a Flooded Mine About the Author President of SeaVision Providence, Rhode Island Ocean Technology WWW OM New Wave Media & Marine Technology Reporter Present APPLICATION Port Security Increased Vigilance Required By Paul Singer, Vice President, Securewest International Requests too by the Department of Homeland Security About the Author Protecting the Technology that Protects Us About the Author the law firm of Blank Rome Committee on Foreign Investment in the United Seal Delivery System Demos Mission Capability Underwater Acoustic Sentinel ROVs Make Military Inroads American, Russian, Italian, Chinese, Rumanian and New Gallimore, Northrop Grumman's ASDS EdgeTech Gets UK MoD Contract Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Eyes in the Sky By Greg Trauthwein Vertical Operation Schilling Robotics Names Otto CEO Osias as Sales Side Scan Sonar Combat Ship ASW Detachment One a BS in Liberal Arts from Excelsior Nautilus Appoints New Don Lindsay, President and CEO Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Australian Institute of Company Obituary: Hugh Bradner Inventor of the Wetsuit Muon and Neutrino Detection) Steering Intercampus Athletic Advisory Board California Institute of Technology Bradner Endowment at Scripps Scripps Institution of Oceanography MacArtney Offshore Manager of MacArtney Offshore, Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, as a Mechanical Design Engineer Oceaneering International's Remote Brennan Joins R2Sonic Charles Brennan as Chief Survey Project Manager and Senior Contract International, Brown & Root Survey, MacArtney Opens Bahrain Branch The MacArtney Contact Blankholm at Email Giske Community, Morten Ruud, Executive Vice President of StatoilHydro and Mel Fitzgerald, Chief Harvey-Lynch Named IXSEA Rep Sonardyne Acquires John Partridge, Chairman, Fifteen Years Manufacturing Seismic Power Sources International in London in March, FarSounder Adds New Test Facility Pipelay Vessel Fugro GEOS Supports SUT Scholarship Ametek Connectors Subconn Micro Connector Hermes Multiplexor Global Contractor Oceaneering OceanCam Ocean Presence Technologies New Broadband Multi Beam Echo-Sounder Jaguar ROV in use by NASA in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic SubTrac Tracking Device Nv-Shuttle Virtual Marine Technology: Training Simulators Applied Acoustics Gapton Hall Road United Kingdom Gavin Willoughby, Sales Manager AR Engineering Ray Johnson Lee Dooley, Director of Marketing Product: Applied Science Associates Autonomous Surface Vehicles UK Hugh Young, Chairman EdgeTech Development Electrochem Commercial Power Exomos Product: Swimmer Delivery Vehicles Submersible Patrol Boats Impulse Enterprise Andy Gardner, Sales Manager Jason Dunnam, President Product: ISS Provides SubSea Including ROV, Survey, Inspection, Home Land Security, Inland Water Operations Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd Sales Manager Product: Marine Sonic Technology, Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Surveying, Research, Salvage, Underwater Construction and Military Accuracy Ranging and Positioning Rick Foster, Business Development Neptunic Sharksuits Jeremiah Sullivan, President ODI, a Teledyne Majority Owned Remote Ocean Systems URL: Product: Remote Ocean Systems Sidus Solutions Michael Weston, Business Development VideoRay Chris Gibson, Director, Sales & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia International Ocean Stewardship Halifax, Canada Brest, France SNAME Annual Meeting and Expo Houston, Texas Sydney, Australia Marseille, France Find Your Missing Piece The Industry's Essential Recruitment Tool TARGETED MarineNews and Marine Technology Reporter COST EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT EXPOSURE Subsea Instrumentation Housings and Junction Boxes SUBSALVE USA UNDERWATER LIFT BAGS MARINE COMPUTERS Complete Integrated Systems AR Engineering H.I.G.G.S Hydrographic Interfacing & GPS Guidance Solutions Dredging & Hydrographic System Installations Hardware Software & Onsite Support Michael Higgs Engineer II Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ROV Pilots (ROV Tiburon) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Mooring Technician Director, Business Development Advertiser’s Index