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and Rita. The Federal 100 is an elite group of individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to the federal IT community. Phoenix was also the recipient of the Marine Technology Society's 2006 Compass Industrial Award for its contributions to the fields of oceanography, marine technology and undersea defense, and was selected by Marine Technology Reporter as one of the 100 Most Influential Subsea Technology Companies in 2007 (MTR 100).
For more information, Email tjanaitis@phnx-international.com
RBR Opens Office in the U.K.
RBR Ltd, based in Ottawa, Canada, continues to expand its presence in Europe with the addition of RBR Europe Ltd in the UK. This new Sales Office will complement the engineering and sales support that has been provided from RBR Europe GmbH in Germany since 2005. RBR design & manufacture Data Loggers that are highly accurate, submersible down to 10,500m, and include a wide range of sensors for CTD and water quality. RBR also offer instrumentation for laboratory or field sites, including Tide & Wave recorders for Ports, Harbors and other installations, a portable ship-board salinometer, capacitance wave gauges for laboratories and the ocean, as well as data collection platforms such as Data-buoys. Applications include oceanography, limnology and polar research -- All arenas where accurate measurements are required in difficult conditions (deep ocean, coastal waters, lakes, rivers, permafrost and ice). RBR provides complete systems for the collection and transmission of such data in real time directly to the user's office or the internet.
For more information, email info@rbr-global.com
SMIT Acquires GB Diving
SMIT acquired all shares of GB Holding B.V., the parent company of the subsidiaries GB Diving B.V. and GB Diving -Inshore B.V. GB Diving is a Dutch company that provides ROV and diving services, including project management, project engineering and related services for the high end of the oil and gas market. GB Diving's 30 employees will be integrated into the SMIT organization as a business unit named SMIT Subsea Europe.
managers, urban planners, technologists, hydrologists, Environmentalists, researchers, developers, and agency personnel make decisions about our precious water resources.
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Marport, Harbor Wing Establish Alliance
Marport, a subsea acoustics technology company, and Harbor Wing Technologies, Inc., a developer of unique wind-powered Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessels (AUSVs), announced a strategic alliance agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Marport and Harbor Wing will explore strategies and opportunities for integrating their capabilities to perform military and homeland defense missions and assist commercial companies in offshore oil, gas and
SonTek/YSI Celebrates 15 Years
Founded September 20, 1992, SonTek/YSI, recently celebrated 15 years of providing acoustic Doppler instrumentation, technologies and knowledge to the investigators of the earth's most valued resource-water. As a business, SonTek has grown from modest beginnings in San Diego, to a presence in over 100 countries, helping over 25,000 water
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minerals exploration. To initiate these operations, Marport will install and deploy its Software Defined Sonar (SDS) technology platform on Harbor Wing's advanced prototype HWT X-1 AUSV operating from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Harbor Wing AUSV will provide situational awareness to command stations on shore and at sea in support of military, environmental, underwater exploration and other missions. It integrates a multi-hull composite platform with a hard airfoil sail known as a WingSail and advanced software and algorithmic controls. Harbor Wing plans to offer two environmentally friendly production models -- an offshore vessel fitted with hydrofoils and suited for long duration, long-range missions, and a coastal waters version for medium duration missions. Each model will be powered by
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