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Hydrographic Division of the

Egyptian Navy. The award also includes training of Egyptian Navy personnel.

In cooperation with RESON's

Egyptian representative, Surveying

System, RESON Mediterranean Srl delivered and installed a SeaBat 8124 system and accessories, including a

PDS2000 Hydrographic Software

Package. RESON Mediterranean per- sonnel will also provide a full training course, including both theoretical and practical training on the sonar hardware and software. The SeaBat 8124 Multibeam system operates at 200 kHz and is a high accuracy sys- tem, even on the outer beams. It fea- tures an advanced bottom detection system that incorporates both ampli- tude and phase detection methods.

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AXYS, Navcom, ITS to

Provide Water Monitors

AXYS Technologies Inc. received an order through NavCom Technology

Inc. to provide the Naval

Oceanographic Office with high pre- cision water level monitoring buoys using RTK-StarFire global position- ing system (GPS) technology. The buoys are being provided under a contract from NavOceanO held by

ITS Corp.

The TRIAXYS GPS buoy, using a

NavCom GPS receiver, will be used to provide real-time, accurate water elevation data by means of acquiring

GPS elevation correction data, apply- ing the solid earth tide corrections within the GPS receiver, and provid- ing this data at configurable intervals to NavOceanO. The first set of GPS buoys was to be delivered in March 2005.

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Nautronix Launches

Online Communications

Nautronix launched its new global online communications system to "allow customers greater access to information and promote greater integration between its network of companies," according to CEO Mark

Patterson. The new system includes a website and intranet functionality, controlled by Nautronix via a special- ly developed content management system and ensures that the informa- tion is constantly updated to provide the most current view of Nautronix, its products, and its services. He added, "What we now have is much more. It is a business system that we can manage in-house to provide our customers and employees with instant access to all of the up-to-date information they need about the people & companies

Scripps Nierenberg Prize Awarded

The fifth annual award honoring the memory of William A. Nierenberg, who led Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, as director for more than two decades, will be awarded to BBC nature filmmaker Sir David

Attenborough. Attenborough received the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest during a ceremony in front of the Birch Aquarium at

Scripps. He was presented with a bronze medal and $25,000. "It is a pleasure to award the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public

Interest to Sir David Attenborough, whose distinguished career spans a half century," said Scripps Director Charles F. Kennel. "The three key words that best describe Attenborough's life's work are: science, public and above all, interest. He has found ways to interest all of us in how Earth's creatures live and by so doing has enriched the lives of all humans."

Attenborough has traveled the world making innovative nature programs for more than 50 years. Shortly after joining BBC in 1952, he began host- ing the 10-year-long series, Zoo Quest, which helped establish his career as well as the reputation of BBC's Natural History Unit.

A landmark in television came with 1979's Life on Earth, a series about how life evolved on the planet, which required 1.25 million feet of film and visits to 30 countries.

Among numerous honors over the years, he was elected a fellow of the

Royal Society — the UK's national academy of science — in 1983 and received a knighthood in 1985. He is a founding member of the World

Wildlife Fund and a patron of the World Land Trust, which purchases rain forest and other lands to preserve them and their animal inhabitants.

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