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48 MTR November 2006 icant ranges with a single ping. They are designed to offer visualization of a clear, easy to understand 3D sonar image. The standard user interface software includes automated alarms,

BSB chart plotting capabilities, and

GPS, compass, and depth sounder display capabilities.

Triton Imaging, Reson

Sign OEM Agreement

Triton Imaging, Inc. and Reson A/S signed an OEM agreement under which Reson will resell Triton soft- ware bundled with Reson multibeam sonars. The Triton software available under the OEM agreement is the new

Triton HydroBundle, a comprehen- sive hydrographic package that includes survey planning, real-time navigation, multibeam data acquisi- tion, quality control (QC), data pro- cessing, map-based display, data fusion, and final product preparation and output. Real-time QC is per- formed by the unique Triton

IntelliMon, a panel showing four sta- tistical parameters: Along-Track

Coverage; Effective Swath Width;

Sound Velocity; and Rate of Change for attitude.

ODI Receives $4.5m

Contract

Ocean Design, Inc. (ODI), a

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated majority owned company that sup- plies subsea electrical and fiber-optic interconnect systems, announced that

Aker Kvaerner Subsea AS awarded

ODI a $4.5m contract for manufac- turing and supplying the fully inte- grated fiber-optic communications connection system for its Reliance

KG-D6 Subsea Production Control

System. The Production Control

System contract was awarded to Aker

Kvaerner by Reliance in May 2006 as part of an engineering, procurement and construction contract to deliver an 18-well subsea production system for the deepwater Block KG-D6 gas development located off the east coast of India. people & companies

Seaeye Doubles Sales, Expands

Sales success — quantified by a doubling of sales over the last 12 months and includes growing export sales that now exceed 70 percent of turnover — has led Seaeye to expand its operations by opening a second factory in

Fareham. Extra engineering, technical and sales staff will be needed as the new 6,000 sq. ft. of additional space takes on final assembly of its electric ROV production.

This leaves its existing factory to produce the building blocks that make up the underwater vehicles, such as frames, thrusters and control units. Training will also move to the new factory where, at a special facility, cus- tomers can receive technical training in the operation and maintenance of Seaeye's range of systems. This range meets the needs of all applications from observation and inspection, to seabed and pipeline survey, to a full work class capability for intervention in submarine rescue and the support of offshore drilling and IRM operations. Sales growth has come not only from the booming oil and gas indus- try, but also from the areas of defense, marine science and civil engineering. Seaeye say the demand for additional staff, ideally with ROV experience, will include mechanical and electronic design engineers along with senior sales management and staff.

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