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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 51 people & companies not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was compet- itively procured via a Topical Broad

Agency Announcement and eight offers were received. The Naval

Undersea Warfare Center, Newport,

R.I., is the contracting activity.

Survey Firm Buys

Norwegian Vessel

C&C Technologies purchased M/V

Northern Resolution from Malene

Østervold Shipping AS of

Torangsvåg, Norway. C&C said the 247-ft. Norwegian flagged vessel will assist in acquiring geophysical and geotechnical data.

It has accommodations for 50 pas- sengers and can transit at a speed of 12 knots for up to 50 days duration.

Currently in dry-dock in New

Orleans, vessel modifications will include hull-mounting an EA 600 deep-water single beam profiler and an EM 120 multibeam echosounder (both from Kongsberg Maritime AS,

Horten, Norway), installing the launch and retrieval system for

C&C's new C-Surveyor II AUV, and altering the vessel's design to ensure efficient operations. Although the majority of the projects intended for the Northern Resolution are AUV assignments, the vessel will also be mobilized to perform conventional geophysical surveys and deep-water geotechnical soil sampling. More at www.cctechnol.com.

Iridium Establishes

Developer Program

The oceanographic firm of

Oceanscience Group (Oceanside,

California) joined three others as "value added developers" for Iridium

Satellite LLC. "Iridium has created its

VAD program to establish direct technical relationships with compa- nies that have a particular expertise or capability to develop new products or solutions using Iridium voice or data service," said Greg Ewert, Iridium's executive vice president.

Iridium is a provider of global satel- lite voice and data solutions with complete coverage of the earth (including oceans, airways, and polar regions) through its constellation of 66 low-earth orbiting, cross-linked satellites and 12 in-orbit spares. The

Oceanscience Group specializes in the development of oceanographic and hydrologic instrument deployment and communication equipment.

Value-added developers work directly with Iridium service providers, value- added resellers, and value-added man- ufacturers to distribute their solutions or products. More at www.iridium.com.

Oceanography Center

Renamed

The U.K.'s National Oceanography

Center came into being May 1 fol- lowing its renaming from the

Southampton Oceanography Center.

With the change comes a new direc- tor, Professor Ed Hill. He noted, "The formal designation as a

National Center, with the accompa- nying change of name, is a natural progression for the center. It rein- forces its position and reflects the expectation that it will act as the national focus for oceanography. This will also facilitate in an inclusive way a strategic coordination of research for the UK's marine and earth science community." More at www.soc.soton.ac.uk.

Applanix Announces New

Management Structure

Applanix Corp. appointed Brad

Koziey as director of sales and Kevin

Perkins as executive sales manager,

Airborne Products for the Americas.

Koziey will assume responsibility for strategic sales planning, management and support for the complete line of

Applanix products for the land, air- borne and marine markets world- wide. Perkins will oversee all airborne sales for North, South, and Central

America. More at www.applanix.com.

Statoil Opens Houston

Office

Officials of the Norwegian oil major announced that its U.S. office opened up in Houston, Texas. The Statoil

ASA office will follow up opportuni- ties in the Gulf of Mexico region.

More at www.statoil.com.

Satlantic Wins 2005

Exporter Award

Satlantic Inc. won the prestigious 2005 Nova Scotia Exporter of the

Year Award presented by Atlantic

Canada Opportunity Agency (ACOA) and Nova Scotia Business

Inc. last May 19. About 90 percent of Satlantic's oceanographic optical sensor sales are made to international clients.

More at www.satlantic.com.

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