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Chesapeake Technology

Mountain View, CA

Blue Ocean Monitoring www.chesapeaketech.com

Subiaco, Australia

CEO/President: Eileen Gann www.blueoceanmonitoring.com

Chesapeake Technology’s SonarWiz

CEO/President: Simon Illingworth has grown steadily into an integrated

Blue Ocean Monitoring is an offshore suite of data collection and post-pro- survey company specializing in the cessing software for sidescan, sub-bot-

Simon Illingworth deployment of unmanned survey plat- tom, single-beam and multi-beam ba- forms. thymetry and magnetometry.

As a private company headquartered nology.

SonarWiz (pictured) is an integrated in Western Australia, BOM has evolved

BOM owns and operates autonomous sonar data collection and post-process- from three-person start up in 2014, to vehicles and associated sensor pack- ing suite. Modules include sidescan, a multinational entity with three inter- ages, but also develops vehicle and sen- sub-bottom, SBES and MBES bathym- national of? ces, employing 20 people. sor technology. It has developed, inte- etry and magnetometry. Available sepa-

Currently BOM claims to be the world’s grated, tested and operated a number of rately and in various bundles. SonarWiz largest commercial owner and operator customized sensor packages on a range continuously evolves with added sup- of Teledyne Webb Research’s Slocum of autonomous platforms, including: port for new ? le formats, sonar and sen- glider technology, but also offer servic- acoustic; geochemical; environmental; sor types including LiDAR and SAS, es using autonomous surface vehicles visual; gateway communications; and while delivering acquisition, processing (ASV) and mini-AUV subsurface tech- hydrographic.

and visualization tools.

have grown to become one of the principal innovators in the subsea imaging and measurement industry. It is headquar- tered is in Kildare, Ireland with of? ces in the U.S., the U.K.,

China and Australia.

Currently the company is building systems to operate at 10,000m depth. Its advanced laser and optical based imaging systems were developed in-house and are now used world- wide in offshore energy, renewables, environmental moni- toring, mapping, archaeology and for collecting evidence on salvage and defense operations.

Cathx Ocean, Ltd.

The company’s range includes the Hunter system (AUV Im-

Kildare, Ireland aging and Laser), the Scout system (Observation Class ROV www.cathxocean.com

Imaging and Laser Pro? ling), the Path? nder system (Work

CEO: Adrian Boyle

Class ROV Imaging and Laser Pro? ling) and the Prowler I & II systems (Towed Vehicle Imaging Range and Scale Mea- surement). To enable faster and more ef? cient optical sur-

Cathx Ocean have manufactured what it claims is the world’s veys, Cathx Ocean have developed an end-to-end technology ? rst fully integrated subsea imaging system. The company’s architecture for acquiring and processing subsea images and multidisciplinary engineering team have developed advanced laser data. Traditional vehicles run at speeds of 0.5 knots with underwater automation and robotic vision technologies for ranges of up to 3 meters. By enabling speeds of up to 8 knots offshore and industrial operations which are used globally and ranges of up to 10 meters, these imaging systems sub- across many applications. Founded in 2009, Cathx Ocean stantially reduce vessel time. www.marinetechnologynews.com

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