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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 33 shore. Scientific data previously trapped undersea, some- times for months at a time, will be analyzed sooner and commercial operations will be safer and more efficient.

Look for technical publications on this capability in the near future.

Bentley, VideoRay Of course most of our effort is to make our systems even more reliable, increase our depth rating, improve our tether pulling capability, etc.

However, much of our investment is in our collaboration with sensor and software companies. Even our software development is much more oriented towards our soft- ware development kit than producing a direct end user product. It takes a lot of work to make sure every sensor manufacturer, or software company that wants to work with us has the tools and support they need, and it is our biggest individual R&D investment.

What new product or service will you deliver to the market in the coming 12 months?

Rodocker, Seabotix 2011 will see the release of a new product referred to as the Containerized Delivery System (CDS). This new system is a deep water rapid response inspection system. The self contained 20ft container houses a Launch and Recovery System (LARS), Tether

Management System (TMS), vectored Little Benthic

Vehicle (vLBV), control room and winch. Depth capa- bility is 4,000 meters and the vLBV offers a stable sensor platform. Unique features are the less than one day mobilization, single 20ft container and greatly reduced asset cost over large work class ROV systems.

Grant, Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus. This new, light, but powerful ROV has the proven performance of the

Panther XT work ROV, yet is packed with ten powerful thrusters. Not only can it swim over 30% faster than anything else of its type, and has over 50% more thrust than its nearest competitor, it also has a power to weight ratio over twice that of any other comparable ROV on the market. It can also accommodate industry standard seven function position feedback manipulators providing the operator with heavy duty power and precise control allowing faster completion of complex manipulator tasks.

Sabertooth: Currently in development, this autonomous/semi-autonomous hovering AUV will per- form maintenance, inspection and light work tasks and will lead our development of the next generation of underwater vehicles.