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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 55 and the latest release from SeeByte, their Performance Analysis and Training Tool (PATT). Dr. Warren Fox, Principal Scientist at NURC said, “SeeByte’s SeeTrack Military software can help us transition our world-class research in support of NATO's maritime operational and transformational requirements to NATO fleets. Its open architecture platform means that any new and innovative tools we develop for mine countermeasures to safely and effi- ciently find explosive ordnance can easily be made available to all existing NATO users of SeeTrack Military.” www.seebyte.com SWATHE Swathe Airborne Surveys is a new division within the Swathe Group bringing together aviation services, equipment manufacturers and 10- years hands on experience of bathy- metric LiDAR surveying to provide a unique and cost effective solution to their clients allowing them to expand their survey operations into new and otherwise inaccessible areas of marine survey. www.swathe-services.com CDL Earns Military Contract CDL won its first military contract for their TOGS-S unit. The purchase order of 12 TOGS Surface fibre optic gyro systems was placed by Marine Electronic Systems of Totton, England as part of their integrated bridge system solution to be installed on 12 Griffon hovercrafts bound for India. TOGS-S is a North seeking FOG with heading accuracy up to 0.2° with GPS aiding (0.5° unaided) designed for surface application including commercial shipping, mili- tary craft, yachts and land vehicles. David Evans and Associates Purchases Two SeaBat 7125-SV2 David Evans and Associates Marine Services Division has purchased two of the new SeaBat 7125-SV2 systems. DEA’s clients include private indus- try, local and regional municipalities, port authorities, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). DEA is a long-time customer of RESON and was an early adopter of the SeaBat 7125. The upgraded 7125-SV2 sys- tem provides dramatically improved performance. Global Marine Selects Predator ROV Distributor Global Marine Systems announced that Great Eastern Group, an opera- tional offshore company specializing in program management, environ- mental compliance, geophysical sur- veys, marine construction, and ship management & operations, will dis- tribute its state-of-the art Inspection Class ROV system – Predator – in Rhode Island. Based in Florida, with offices and marine facilities in Rhode Island Great Eastern Group is the lat- est international distributor for Global Marine’s Inspection Class ROV. Designed and built at its Portland facility in Dorset UK, the Predator uses the latest technology to ensure maximum operating efficiency for a number of marine operations. DW Launches Deepwater Service The new Deepwater Service has been launched by Douglas- Westwood. With quarterly updates, subscribers can keep up-to-date year round, with this dynamic and fast- moving industry. The research fore- casts a massive 79% growth in capi- tal expenditure compared to the last five years, with $206 billion to be spent on deepwater developments over the 2011-2015 period. “We expect African and Latin American developments to drive the forecast growth,” said Steve Robertson, director. “African developments are largely concentrated on Angola and Nigeria. Latin America is likely to experience substantial growth, exceeding Africa’s deepwater expen- diture towards the end of the fore- cast period, driven by Petrobras’ development of its Campos and Santos (pre-salt) fields off Brazil. There are some interesting prospects in North Africa but these may be hampered in the short-term by the present political uncertainties. A large cloud of political uncertainty also continues to sit stubbornly over the US Gulf of Mexico following the Macondo spill in 2010. Recovery is expected in the US Gulf over the next five years but at pres- ent activity levels are depressed and contractors continue to report that the region is difficult. The outlook for 2012 is poor with recovery expected from 2013 onwards. There is a risk that the present administra- tion could limit deepwater activity in favour of development of uncon- ventional onshore reserves instead. http://www.dw-1.com/shop/shop- infopage.php?longref=695~0
