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Visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 219 more than 20 years and has a track record as a company that can solve problems with simple, yet innovative designs.

One of BOT's primary areas of spe- cialization is in the development of shipboard launch and recovery sys- tems (LARS) to deploy and recover various payloads from a ship at sea.

This includes LARS for Autonomous

Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs).

BOT also has extensive experience with shipboard installations and test- ing at sea.

BOT is a leader in the development and supply of sensor platforms for moored and underway use. This includes SeaHorse, a wave powered sensor platform which utilizes surface wave energy to move up and down a mooring wire. BOT's Moving Vessel

Profiler™ (MVP) collects free fall data profiles from ships underway at speeds of up to 18 knots.

Engineering Services offered by

BOT include the following: - Machine design - Hydraulic systems design - Design, analysis and development of towed systems - Design, analysis and development of moored systems - Material handling systems design - System engineering and project management - Mechanical packaging and rack- mounting of electrical/electronic hardware - 3-D imaging and animation - Structural analysis - Engineering drafting services

C&C Technologies, Inc. 730 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA 70508

Tel: 337-261-0660; Fax: 337-261-0192

E-mail: [email protected]

CEO: Thomas Chance

President: Thomas Chance

Vice President: Jim Chance

Marketing Director: Mike Dupuis

Sales Manager: Mike Dupuis

Number of Employees: 300

Annual Sales: $60 million

Thomas and Jimmy Chance quick- ly assembled a team of diverse experts that shared their entrepreneurial spir- it. Initially, C & C was operated out of a home office with five employees, but has now grown to more than 300

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