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inspection. We also offer electric and hydraulic manipu- lator arms for ROV use, with depth ratings from 300 to 7500 meters. ECA is also developing an ROV for the

French Navy to be rated for 2000 meters but for now it is only a military model.

Does ECA also market high end simulators for civil- ian and military use?

Yes we have various models of simulators for both mil- itary and civilian use. At the moment we are finalizing a contract for a ship simulator with Femar (Foundation of the Brazilian Navy) in Rio de Janeiro, but the simulator is to be installed at the Merchant Navy School (CIABA), in the city of Belém, in Para state, which is in Northern

Brazil. We also have submarine simulators being used to train Brazilian Naval personnel in Europe, for training on the Scorpène submarine systems.

Could you tell us more about your seabed mapping software?

As I said before, ECA acquired Triton Imaging on

January 1st, 2010. Triton Imaging pioneered sonar data acquisition software more than twenty years ago. This includes imaging software for a variety of data types, such as side scan sonar, forward-looking sonar, multi- beam sonar, sub-bottom profiler and seismic. For the

O&G industry, the most used would be the search and survey, hydrography, and seismic software applications.

The Triton Perspective Map for example, is a multi- layer, map-based display and data fusion software that integrates other proprietary software modules into a cohesive suite, which can process, fuse, and displaying sidescan, bathymetric and seismic data.

Triton Imaging is a world leaders in research and devel- opment of software for acquiring and optimizing a mul- titude of data streams.

In Brazil we already have Petrobras as a client and we are offering our imaging products to other O&G related companies operating in Brazil.

What are ECAs investment plans for Brazil?

Well, ECA began by investing $200 thousand as com- pany’s capital, which allows for only one permanent visa for an administrator, in this case: me, which is demand- ed by Brazilian law. We will invest in the new French business center in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Right now it is hard to say how much will ultimately be invested.

With the demand by the Brazilian government for 60 to 70% local content in equipment for tenders run by www.seadiscovery.com