on the Cover
This month's cover illustrates the three `legs' of the subsea business: science, defense, and commerical. From left is: Charles Cousin ISIIS imaging system (see related story, MTR October 2008, page 38); Ships assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group, led by the guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) (credit: U.S. Navy); and the Transocean Discoverer, a world-record beating ultra deepwater drillship built by Daewoo for Transocean.
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-- David P. Kelly, CEO, Bluefin Robotics
De Beers Marine Extends C-Nav Contract
C & C Technologies (C & C) South Africa (PTY) Ltd. has been awarded an extension of the existing C-Nav contract for all mining vessels by De Beers Marine Namibia (PTY) Ltd. C & C South Africa has provided C-Nav positioning to both De Beers Marine Namibia and De Beers South Africa operations since 2004 and has welcomed the extension of services to its offshore mining operations. "A number of positioning trials were conducted over a seven month period involving both land-based and seagoing trials and C-Nav came through strong in all aspects of the
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trials," said Aubrey Price, general manager of C & C South Africa. "De Beers put us and other vendors through a rigorous series of accuracy and repeatability tests and C-Nav came out on top".
L-3 Klein Featured in Smithsonian
L-3 Klein has been featured in the Sant Hall Exhibit, the newest and largest exhibit in it's history which is now open at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. L-3 Klein Side Scan Sonar has been featured as an integral part of the Sant Ocean Hall exhibit.
Scripps Gets $12m for Building
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego was awarded $12 million by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC)/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to construct a new laboratory building on the Scripps campus for research on marine ecosystem forecasting.
November/December 2008
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