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Recently DTC has been awarded two contracts by RPSEA (a government / industry consortium) for the develop- ment of advanced riser-less interven- tion systems. In addition, besides leading product development in the

HPHT segment, DTC is offers revo- lutionary products for BOP controls systems. In short, DTC’s MODSYS is a fully retrievable, modular control system, which eliminates the require- ment to pull the riser, LMRP, or the entire stack, just to repair BOP con- trols. MODSYS is only one of the revolutionary technologies offered by

DTC.

EdgeTech

West Wareham, Mass.

Tel: 508-291-0057

Email: info@ edgetech.com www.edgetech.com

EdgeTech is an innovator in the design and manufacture of high end sonar imaging systems for underwater survey, detection and identification applications. The company traces its history back to 1965 when it started out as a division of EG&G. In 1995,

EdgeTech was taken private and selected its name in part to honor the late Dr. Edgerton, an MIT professor and marine instrumentation pioneer.

EdgeTech’s foundation is built on a core set of technologies which includes: Full Spectrum CHIRP

Processing, Multi-Pulse Technology,

Dynamically Focused Arrays,

Bathymetry, Telemetry, Modular

Design, and Compact & Low Power

Electronics. The company designs and develops a variety of standard and engineered-to-order marine products and systems including side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, bathymetric, combined and modular systems. These systems are available in a range of configurations for towed, deep towed, AUV, ROV,

ROTV and custom platforms. With its worldwide network, EdgeTech serves and services customers includ- ing the U.S. Navy, foreign navies, sur- vey firms and the oil & gas industry.

The company employs more than 50 people between two locations:

Wareham, Mass., and Boca Raton,

Fla.

EdgeTech is also an affiliate compa- ny of ORE Offshore, a leading man- ufacturer of high accuracy acoustic positioning, communication and control systems. The two companies share the same office in Wareham with a multitude of in-house testing facilities including a test pool, acoustic test tank, pressure test cham- ber and a company research vessel for sea trials. These facilities allow the companies to fully test and calibrate every system to ensure the highest quality product is delivered.

EdgeTech’s most recent innovations include the introduction of its new 4600 (pictured right). Combined

High Speed Swath Bathymetry &

Side Scan Sonar System, as well as their new Littoral Mine

Countermeasure Sonar (LMCS)

System. The 4600 is a combined, fully integrated high speed swath bathymetry & side scan sonar system that produces real-time high resolu- tion 3D maps of the seafloor while providing co-registered simultaneous side scan & bathymetric data. The key benefit of the 4600 is the use of

EdgeTech’s proprietary Multi-Pulse

ECA

Toulon France 83078 • Tel: +33 494 08 90 00

Email: eca@ ecagroup.com • www.eca.fr

ECA designs and delivers robotic and intelligent solutions. Established in 1936 as a R&D and patent deposit company, the company designed the first

Unmanned Underwater Mine Disposal Vehicle with integrated Real Time and Artificial Intelligence on board in 1960. Since then, ECA has designed and produced more than 800 robots. Current products can be used for detec- tion, inspection, destruction of mines, control & command systems, and anti-terrorist missions.

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