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www.seadiscovery.com remain within the capabilities of teams whilst continuing to stretch their technical capabilities,? saidVladimir Djapic of NURC, the SAUC-E technical director. This is the sixth year for SAUC-E, and the second year the event has been held at La Spezia. The NATO research facility will also host the 2012 competition.?Strongly supported by 10 Universities from four European countries the standard has again improved, both in terms of the stu- dent?s technical prowess and the facil- ities that the NURC was able to pro- vide,? said Dr Dirk Tielbuerger, direc- tor of NURC. ?The challenging environment, wave action, visibility, salinity, tidal and sonar conditions have raised the competition to a new level, but one which was achievable by (NATO photo by Francesca Nacini) MTR#7 (1-17):MTR Layouts 8/29/2011 10:40 AM Page 13