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ily serving the global defense and commercial market sectors, the REMUS 600, Remus 6000, launch and recovery systems,

Blue? n offers both survey class and inspection class AUVs docking systems and support equipment. The REMUS 600 is of varying sizes, and works with its clients to identify and the mid-range solution for rapid mobilization from vessels of integrate application speci? c sensors onto its broad array of opportunity and the REMUS 6000 is a deep ocean workhorse. highly portable autonomous platforms to provide mobile and effective solutions. Blue? n is also growing its subsea power

Describe the trajectory of AUV use over the past five years. business, wherein we offer pressure compensated subsea pow- Byus, Blue? n er systems for everything from underwater sensors to subsea Broadly speaking, we are seeing a maturing demand signal installations. from traditional application areas such as Mine Counter Mea- sures or Geophysical Survey which would tend to indicate

Lester, Hydroid market acceptance of the technology as the business norm and

A subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, Hydroid is a custom- therefore translate into higher vehicle counts as mainstream er-focused, engineering-based manufacturer of innovative, players enter those markets. On the other hand, we are also mature commercial underwater systems. We have extensive seeing an increasing number of adjacent market inquiries that experience in the design, manufacturing and shipboard inte- are poised to drive innovation and new uses for our robots for gration of AUV systems. REMUS AUVs provide innovative many more years to come. and reliable full picture systems for the marine research, de- fense, hydrographic and offshore/energy markets. Hydroid Lester, Hydroid has experienced signi? cant growth since its inception in 2001. During the past ? ve years, we have seen an acceptance of

With our growth, our product offerings have also expanded AUVs as standard tools rather than experimental curiosities. signi? cantly. Not only do we offer the REMUS 100 AUV sys- The use of AUVs by Navies for mine countermeasure opera- tem - a robust, man-portable AUV for shallow water operation tions is now commonplace throughout the globe. In the off- and the only combat proven AUV on the market - we also offer shore survey industry, there has been an increasing acceptance www.marinetechnologynews.com

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