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ROUNDTABLE Subsea Defense

DeFensive

Drivers

It is no secret that the defense industry is a driver for in- novation in the subsea sector, with the deep pockets and the interest in driving tech to the next level. MTR checks in with four leaders in the sector of their insights on the pace and direction of development.

By Greg Trauthwein The P articipants • Ben Kinnaman, CEO, Greensea Systems, Inc.

• Mark Kenney, General Manager, Unmanned Maritime Systems, L3Harris • Jesse Rodocker, President, Strategic Robotic Systems • Chris Gibson, VP of Sales, Marketing & Business Development, VideoRay and Localization, Control and Auton- development. Our work in these areas

Tell us a bit about your compa- omy, and Human Machine Interfaces. is actively supported by multiple US ny, its technology, with spe-

All of our solutions are built on an open government programs including R&D cifc insight on your offering architecture software framework for programs, CRADAs with NUWC and for the defense sector.

marine robotics called OPENSEA that NIWC, and SBIR/STTR programs.

Kinnaman, Greensea Greensea owns, develops, and main-

Greensea Systems, Inc. (Greensea), tains. Greensea directly supports three Gibson, VideoRay founded in 2006, develops advanced key application areas in the defense sec- Founded in 1999, VideoRay underwa- technologies to improve the relation- tor: Maritime Explosive Ordnance Dis- ter robots help prevent terrorism, fnd ship operators have with robotics and posal (EOD), Special Operations Forces and retrieve objects, inspect infrastruc- machines in the maritime domain. Our (SOF), and Ship Hull Robotics. In each ture both inland and offshore, and keep mission is to make operators and tech- of these areas, we provide operators with divers safe from hazardous conditions. nicians working with robotics more holistic, real-world solutions by partner- Hallmarks of VideoRay systems are rug- productive. We do this through three ing with them during product develop- gedness, reliability, portability, ease of primary technology areas: Navigation ment, training, support, and research and use, and integration with a wide range May 2020 46

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