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MTR MTR 100 100Novacavi Via Martiri di Cefalonia 1, Via Martiri di Cefalonia 1, Peschiera Borromeo MI, Italy 20068 Peschiera Borromeo MI, Italy 20068 T: +39 02 5538321 T: +39 02 5538321 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] http://www.novacavi.it http://www.novacavi.it CEO/President: Ferruccio Ramploud CEO/President: Ferruccio Ramploud Engineering Director: Decio Gasparetto Engineering Director: Decio Gasparetto Number Of Employees: 30 Number Of Employees: 30 Established in 1975, Novacavi provides expertise in designing and manufactur- ing in-house unique cables. As a private- ly owned company with almost 40 years of experience in designing and manu- facturing customized special cables that 15 years ago decided to focus also on underwater technologies, this year Novacavi has launched Aquancable, a wide range of specialist bespoke cables for maritime and underwater technolo- gies. These include ROV cables, Fiber Optic hybrid cables, umbilicals, subsea armoured cables, subsea detection and instrumentation cables to be suitable in any harsh environment conditions while guaranteeing the requested performance. With Aquancable it broadened its port- folio with a patented product family that ensures performance for specialist situa-tions to marine and underwater industry. Prometheus Inc.21 Arnold Avenue, Newport, RI, USA 02840 21 Arnold Avenue, Newport, RI, USA 02840 T: +1 401 849 5389 T: +1 401 849 5389 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] http://www.prometheus-us.com http://www.prometheus-us.com CEO/President: Jim ByrnesCEO/President: Jim Byrnes Number Of Employees: 25 Number Of Employees: 25 Prometheus Inc., incorporated in 1983, is a mathematics and engineering re-search Þ rm that specializes in the ap- plication of high-level mathematics to modeling, simulation and signal pro-cessing. Its senior professional staff of 23 includes 15 PhD scientists (math-ematics, engineering, physics). Its goal: Provide mathematical solutions and real-time code to dramatically im- prove system performance at reduced costs.Prometheus has provided computa- tionally efÞ cient mathematical solutions for: remote material discrimination with radar and sonar; feature-based pattern recognition; real time broadband rever- beration modeling; closely spaced ob-ject discrimination; waveform diversity, particularly for space-based radar; and the Advanced Acquisition Decision Aid to evaluate technology investments. Supported by the U.S. Navy, Air Force and National Reconnaissance Of- Þ ce Prometheus developed algorithms leading to the automatic determination and discrimination, in intense clutter, of organic materials including foliage, people, chemicals and biologicals at various temperatures and moisture con- tent, as well as man-made objects such as submarines and mines. Its algorithms compute materials identiÞ cation in real time from scattered measurements, have good noise rejec- tion and are robust to clutter. Its success in providing the Fleet with information not available in todayÕs operational so- nar systems is exempliÞ ed by the FY12 award of a $3M Rapid Innovation Fund contract by the Navy. Its real-time ob- ject detection software provided a greater than 100-fold data reduction in the analysis of undersea video taken to locate and discriminate chemical muni-tions canisters in waters near Pearl Har- bor. James Fisher Mass Flow Excavation James Fisher and Sons formed a new venture with Aberdeen based company KDM Marine Ð James Fisher Mass Flow Excavation Ð to jointly offer its subsea excavation capability and resources to the offshore industry in a single entity. JFMFE combines the specialist subsea excavation, de-burial and trenching ca- pabilities of both organizations and offers the extensive HydroDigger capability of James Fisher together with the highly innovative KDM Twin Prop system to the offshore oil, gas and marine renewable energy sectors worldwide. 24 MTRJuly/August 2014 MTR #6 (18-33).indd 24MTR #6 (18-33).indd 247/31/2014 9:11:43 AM7/31/2014 9:11:43 AM