The Chilean Navy recently signed a deal with Reson.
marine cable system landing license in West Africa. Main Street Technologies awarded Tyco Telecommunications the turnkey supply contract for the system in April 2008. The Phase 1 cable system will span 6,900 km and provide the much needed high capacity for international and internet connectivity to countries between Portugal and the West coast of Africa. The submarine cable project is designed in two phases, with the second phase extending connectivity another 6,000 kilometres to South Africa.
NEDU Divers Mark U.S. First for Deep Diving Exercise
System. The complete system will be installed on the launch Albatross, and will aid the Chilean Navy with the development of new nautical cartography for Chilean Waters. S.H.O.A develops charts in electronic formats. The total system is comprised of: SeaBat 7125-E - High resolution multibeam sonar, the NaviSound 410 Deepwater hydrographic and broadband echosounder, and the PDS2000 Software package. The SeaBat 7125-E provides high-resolution bathymetry and imagery data in real time for extremely detailed 3-D representation of underwater features and seabed conditions. It has an operational depth of 400m and has a swath coverage of 128° - 4.2 x water depth. The NaviSound 410 Deepwater hydrographic and broadband echosounder has an enhanced hydrographic echosounder that supports single channel operation, and has a high ping rate of 20Hz. The integrated software package, PDS2000 allows for seamless use of data files between data acquisition editing and chart production. Naval Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) returned Dec. 3 from an international deep diving exercise on the island of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles. "This is the first time the U.S. has participated in this NATO exercise. The exercise is a great opportunity to see different capabilities and how each country responds to similar challenges in deep diving operations," said Lt. Cmdr. Michael Runkle, NEDU Executive Officer. This year Holland, Norway, Finland, Portugal, Estonia, Italy and the U.S. participated in the annual exercise. Each country featured a 10-man dive team that conducted multiple dives in up to 300 ft. Sea Water using Heliox rebreathers. "This has been a very interesting and challenging exercise. A 300 ft. dive only gives you about five minutes of usable work time at the bottom. Not a lot of time when you have to search for something or conduct a project," said Runkle. NEDU tests and evaluates diving, hyperbaric, and other life-support systems and procedures, and conducts research and development in biomedical and environmental physiology. NEDU provides technical recommendations based upon knowledge and experience, to NAVSEA to support operational requirements of our armed forces.
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Main One Subsea Cable Project Progressing
Main Street Technologies confirmed that Phase 1 of the Main One Cable System is progressing on schedule, following the company's acquisition of the first ever issued subwww.seadiscovery.com
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