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Global Ocean
Design
San Diego, CA www.globaloceandesign.com
President & CEO: Kevin Hardy
Global Ocean Design LLC invokes Design maintains a rich online refer- a unique approach in the design of its ence library.
undersea benthic landers. System in- Global Ocean Design invents custom tegration and diverse material choices UUV components, surface support make these landers small, lightweight, equipment, and UUV benthic land- cost-effective, user-friendly, and ro- ers. The Nanolander is an untethered bustly reliable. The combination en- benthic lander using three 10-inch hol- ables researchers in every country to low spheres for long duration benthic explore the seas adjacent to their coast- and mid-water operation. The 10-inch lines using available ships. polystyrene Instrument Spheres are
The company was formed in 2011 in rated to 1km, provide 11-lbs of buoy- the quest to reach the Marianna Trench ancy, and come with four connector as part of James Cameron’s DEEPSEA ports. Glass 10-inch spheres can go to
CHALLENGE Expedition. The new 10km. Glass and polystyrene spheres company brought a legacy of experi- will not corrode in seawater, are elec- ence from its founder, Kevin Hardy, trically inert, and invisible to WiFi following his globe-spanning 40- and magnets. The Beacon Board is a year career at the Scripps Institution surface location device for UUVs, pro- of Oceanography/UCSD. This year, viding the ship with an unambiguous,
Hardy received a Doctor of Science direct range-and-bearing to a surface (Sc.D.), honoris causa, from the Shang- target, up to eight nautical miles, night, hai Ocean University (Founded 1914), rain or fog. A second GPS Tracker pro- recognizing his “substantial and sus- vides position updates to a phone or e- tained contributions to marine science mail if the lander has surfaced with no and technology.” A diverse worldwide one around. The OmegaLander, with customer base, including graduate stu- two 17-inch spheres, is our heavy lift dents, commercial
