May 2007
Marine Technology Reporter · Volume 50 · Number 4
contents
Opinion
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What's Going On?
Steve Bohlen, president of Joint Oceanographic Institutions, analyzes the challenges ahead for the subsea industry. Offshore
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Wired & Ready
BP and Tyco Telecommunications are breaking new ground with a plan to wire seven GOM Rigs with high-capacity telecommunications technology, the first instance of this long haul tech in the offshore O&G environment. -- by Greg Trauthwein Subsea Defense
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UNDERWATER INTRUDER ALERT!
Military, commerce and science team to devise next-generation systems to identify and thwart underwater threats. -- by Maggie L. Merrill Subsea Defense
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If it ain't Boeing, I'm not Going!
While this common aviation catch-phrase does not directly translate the the subsea environemnt, Boeing has made dramatic strides in the development of existing operational unmanned systems as mobile networked notes. Oh, Canada!
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Innovative Tech in Harsh Environs
Canada leads the way in the development of innovative marine and subsea technology to withstands the world's harshes aquatic environments. -- by Marcia Porter
Pictured in the background is an offshore rig, much like the one which will be wired for communications by Tyco Telecommunications for BP in the Gulf of Mexico -- reportedly the first use of long haul subsea telecommunications technology in the offshore industry. See story on page 26. 2 MTR May 2007
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