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our collaboration agreement with Research Products Develop- ment Company to develop technologies for Saudi Aramco and other leaders within the Middle East region, starting with the

SWIM-R, Shallow Water Inspection Monitoring Robot.

As Teledyne Marine has continued to evolve, please dis- cuss the strategic advantage(s) that have come to frui- tion as the various brands continue to meld?

Since Teledyne Marine ? rst formed, the essence of our One

Team approach is that, from ? rst point of contact, customers will be aligned with an individual, or team of individuals, who will expertly address all aspects of their current application.

With technologies broken into ? ve core segments; Imaging,

Instruments, Interconnect, Seismic and Vehicles, our Teledyne

Marine sales staff is now able to address not only brand level solution, but turn-key systems and capabilities by leveraging our full range of technology solutions. Our engineering teams are able to leverage expertise across common technologies through our technology based global centers of excellence.

ABOVE: SeaBat IDH sonar system

With more than 1,600 employees focused on a single Tele- dyne Marine, we provide a unique customer-market focused

BELOW: A new generation of subsea imfaging mentality to technology development and customer support. and bathymetric sonars.

R&D is the heart of any company in this sector. What is is sector. What is the strategy regarding R&D at Teledyne Marine?e Marine?

ental to Teledyne Research and Development is fundamental to Teledyne g revolutionary Marine’s continued success in designing revolutionary products. Teledyne Marine invests heavily in inter-ily in inter- nal research and development, as evidenced by our ed by our continued portfolio of product launches. At Tele-t Tele- dyne Marine, we tightly couple our focus on s on the customer in every phase of development ent

We from concept through product support. We do so through a common engineering pro- cess across all of our businesses. The pro- cess is driven through customer insight and innovation, providing information to the right people at the right time to ensure that optimal decisions are made with regard to new product develop- ment. We have Technology Centers of

Excellence located around the world including an Interconnect Center of Ex- cellence in Florida, an Acoustic Imaging

Center of Excellence in Denmark, and an Unmanned Vehicles/Platform Integra- - ts. tion Center of Excellence in Massachusetts.

Teledyne Marine also bene? ts signi? cantly ly from a close relationship with Teledyne Sci-ci- enti? c, an internally funded Research & De- e- velopment Center located in Thousand Oaks ks

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