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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 49N-Sea to Aquire Subcom The N-Sea Group BV and Subcom BV signed a Letter of Intent in rela- tion to the acquisition of Subcom BV by the N-Sea Group BV. As of January 2012 Subcom BV will be integrated into the organization of N-Shore Diving BV. The founder and CEO of Subcom BV ? Rodger Weitzel ? will become the general manager of N-Shore Diving BV on January 1 when Subcom BV will no longer operate under the Subcom BV name. N-Sea Group BV Managing Director Gerard Keser said; "N-Shore Diving BV already has a strong mar- ket position in the South-West Netherlands, yet, by strengthening our base, we will be able to respond stronger to the market and take the next step. Subcom BV is a company that has proven itself in the market in which we operate and will become of great value to our organization." Teledyne RDI, VideoRay Announce SuccessVideoRay and Teledyne RD Instruments announced the collabo- rative effort to integrate Teledyne RDI?s Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) on board VideoRay?s Pro 4 have proven successful. Through extensive system integration and software development provided by several leading software and integration companies, the Teledyne RDI Explorer was demonstrated in October at VIPS 2011, VideoRay?s annual user conference. This ROV conference, with over 150 delegates from several organizations from over 16 countries, is the annual meeting ofusers, developers, dealers, and acces- sory vendors for Inspection Class ROVs. Working on the Teledyne RDI DVL project, in addition to VideoRay and Teledyne RDI, were Seavision Undewater Solutions of Little Compton, RI, SeeByte Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Studio Ing. Banfi SAS of Rome, Italy. High Resolution Capabilityfor SonarWiz 5 Chesapeake Technology, Inc. announced a new High Resolution capability for SonarWiz 5 that dou- bles the resolution of the earlier ver- sion. The result for sidescan sonar data is crisper, sharper mosaics, water- falls, and sonar contact images. "Thenew High Resolution feature makes it possible to see things on the mosaicthat wouldn't be visible otherwise,? said Christian Mueller, Humminbird?s SAR Side Scan Operator. ?On a recent search I had almost 70 targets in the survey area. Using High Resolution, I immediate- ly was able to narrow it down to 5, and the first one was a hit. Without SonarWiz 5, this would not have been possible." Surveyors in all types of industries can use High Resolution to resolve smaller features and see finer detail to improve productivity, security, and safety. For example, Navy Route Surveys will better detect and classify mine like objects (MLOs). Teledyne RDI Hosts 8th Users Conference Teledyne RD Instruments (RDI) hosted its 8th ADCPs in Action (AiA) Users? Conference in San Diego, California on October 2-5, 2011. Nearly 200 Teledyne RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) users and partners from around the globe converged on Mission Bay to share information and learn from each other during this 3- day industry event. Harry Maxfield, Teledyne RDI?s V.P. Sales/Marketing reports ?The feedback from attendees was that this was our best AiA to date.Although we continue to change up the event and speakers to keep it fresh, this year?s conference just had a great vibe about it. I believe this due in part to the attendance of so many new scientists and engineers this year. There was great mix of fresh ideas from new users and hard won experi- ence from our long standing cus- tomers. It was a great blend of the old and the new.? It was split into four concurrent tracks, covering: acoustic Doppler flow and discharge measurements in rivers and streams; acoustic Doppler current profiling and wave measure- ments in the ocean environment; and underwater Doppler navigation and diving tools. MTR#9 (34-49):MTR Layouts 11/29/2011 9:48 AM Page 49