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Electronics in support of its strategic mine hunting operations.

Subsea 7 Picks BMT For

Riser Monitoring

Subsea 7 contracted BMT Scientific

Marine Services (BMT) to provide riser monitoring systems for two

Hybrid Riser Towers (HRT) and one

Single Hybrid Riser (SHR) for the

CLOV Development Project offshore

Angola operated by Total E&P

Angola. These systems will monitor the integrity of the risers by measur- ing the buoyancy uplift and bending fatigue, as well as each riser’s motions and set-down due to lateral excur- sions. Each system will include the

BMT Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly; subsea data acquisition, motion and depth modules; and a rack-mounted display with BMT’s WinMon soft- ware for riser monitoring systems.

Data transmission will be via a hard- wired link to the FPSO. The system will be designed for 21 years subsea service.

GD Canada Creates New

Underwater Intel Center

General Dynamics Canada created a new Underwater Intelligence,

Surveillance and Reconnaissance (UW ISR) Center of Excellence, the latest in a series of initiatives made to reinforce General Dynamics

Canada's underwater ISR technical and product leadership. The Center is designed to accelerate the company's research and product development efforts as naval fleets around the world look to reestablish this critical capability in the face of new threats.

Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, close to key Canadian military naval and air bases, the General Dynamics

UW ISR Centre of Excellence will leverage the company's collaborative relationship with Defense Research and Development Canada - Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic), a globally- renowned defense research center with expertise in anti-submarine war- fare and mine and torpedo defense systems. Today's announcement also builds on the company's 2009 part- nership agreement with Marport C-

Tech Ltd., to jointly develop and market a suite of next-generation underwater acoustic products to sup- port underwater military ISR mis- sions. It will be integrated into the company's 46,000 sq. ft. facility in

Halifax, which opened in 2008. The center will be staffed by an integrated team of hardware and software engi- neers and experts in underwater acoustics and naval sonar operations.

The team's initial focus will be fur- ther development of the company's flagship acoustic products. Those include the MATADOR Torpedo

Detection System and the TrailBlazer

Mine and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar, a joint development effort between

General Dynamics Canada and

Marport. www.gdcanada.com

Mini Work Class ROV for Scripps

Ocean Innovations supplied a mini work class ROV to Scripps

Institution of Oceanography. The

H2000 ROV, manufactured by

DOER Marine, features hydraulic thrusters and high bandwidth fiber optic cable. The vehicle was equipped with a five function DOER

SeaMantis manipulator, powerful

LED lights, three video cameras, and a multi-beam sonar.

Scripps intends to use the vehicle on its fleet of ocean going vessels for retrieving lost instruments, collecting samples, and other scientific tasks.

With its 2000 meter depth rating, 160 lb payload capacity and 327 lbs of forward thrust, the H2000 will be up to the job. A key feature for

Scripps’ is the vehicle’s instrument manifold that is pre-wired for RS- 232, RS-485, and ethernet thus mak- ing it easy to integrate additional sensors. www.doermarine.com