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Markets sold to include passenger vessels, large yachts and commercial and government organizations. The

FarSounder technology transcends the commercial, military and recre- ational markets, and is intended to enable marine vessel operators to avoid collisions and groundings.

Technology Profile: FarSounder has developed an advanced 3D sonar technology. Current products include a 440m (>1/4 mile) naviga- tion and collision avoidance sonar. It offers patented Target Model tech- nology. The company has recently been issued four U.S. patents on var- ious aspects of the core technology., with several patents pending.

Current R&D projects include adapting this advanced sonar tech- nology to security and defense appli- cations. The company is working with the US Department of

Homeland Security on a Phase II

HSARPA SBIR project. This work will result in a Low Cost Under

Water Threat Detection prototype which will then be commercialized into a variety of port, ship protection and shoreline infrastructure security products. The company is also work- ing on an ONR project, UPSIDE

Phase I, for Undersea Perimeter

System Integrated Defense

Environment, in partnership with the Rhode Island Economic

Development Council and other regional companies.

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PCCI, Inc. 300 North Lee Street, Suite 201

Alexandria,VA 22314-2640

Tel: 1-703-684-2060

Email: use web form • www.pccii.com

President: Bob Urban

Vice President: Alan Becker

Engineering Director: Tony Kupersmith

Number of Employees: 41

Annual Sales (US$): $19m

PCCI, Inc. is a privately owned marine and environmental engi- neering firm established in 1977. The company has specialized experience in: marine emergency operations involving oil and hazardous substance issues, salvage and safety engineering, Incident Command System (ICS) management, emergency response planning and training, ocean engineer- ing, and naval architecture. PCCI specialty services include: Engineering and Installation of Ocean and Waterfront Structures; Ship Salvage

Engineering; Marine Environmental Regulatory Compliance.

PCCI's key technologies include: Moorings analysis, design and installa- tion of both temporary and permanent moorings for ocean platforms, from simple buoys to large floating bases. PCCI uses the OPTIMOOR and

ORCAFLEX programs to analyze platform motions and mooring leg loads.

Underwater Cofferdams: PCCI engineers conduct finite element model analyses of Underwater Ship Husbandry (UWSH) cofferdams, analyzing weight handling systems, provide operational procedures development serv- ices, and develop logistics support requirements for UWSH operations and activities.

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