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FarSounder, Inc 43 Jefferson Boulevard

Warwick, RI 02888-1078

Tel: 401-784-6700; Fax: 401-784-6708

Email: [email protected] www.farsounder.com

CEO/President: Cheryl M. Zimmerman

Marketing Director: Jo-Ann Aldsworth

Engineering Director: Matthew J. Zimmerman

Facilities: One combined facility for Worldwide

Corporate Headquarters and R&D Center in

Warwick, RI. 4,200 sq. ft.

Number of Employees: 8

FarSounder is a developer and man- ufacturer of advanced 3D sonar sys- tems for marine navigation, obstacle avoidance, and security applications.

The privately held company has patented technology with three patents issued and has been in busi- ness for six years. The first commer- cial product line was launched in 2004. FarSounder has a growing worldwide distribution network with sales and installations globally.

Markets sold to include passenger vessels, commercial, government, and large yachts. One facet of the compa- ny vision is to seek out opportunities across a broad range of market sec- tors. The growing use and application of FarSounder's real-time 3D sonar technology is designed to enable marine vessel operators to avoid colli- sions and groundings. Technology

Profile: FarSounder has developed and advanced 3D sonar technology that is revolutionizing marine naviga- tion and transportation. Current products include a 440m (>1/4 mile) navigation and collision avoidance sonar. With its patented Target model technology, FarSounder is leading the way in marine navigation. The com- pany has recently been issued three US and PCT patents pending. The company's patent strategy includes both broad based claims and appli- cation focused claims which cover software, hardware, and system architecture. Current

R&D projects include adapt- ing this advanced sonar tech- nology to security and defense appli- cations. The company is working with the US Department of

Homeland Security on a Phase II

HSARPA SBIR project. This work will result in a Low Cost Under

Water Threat Detection prototype, which will then be commercialized into a variety of port, ship protection, and shoreline infrastructure security products. Other Internal R&D proj- ects are in process, both in support of the current product line and for other applications.

Cheryl M. Zimmerman, CEO the ecosystem while providing signif- icant cost savings for Agip.

Brooke Ocean Technology 11-50 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth

Nova Scotia, Canada B3B 1S1

Tel: +1902-468-2928; Fax: +1902-468=1388

E-mail: [email protected] www.brooke-ocean.com

Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) provides hardware, systems engineering and R&D services to the marine science, naval and oil & gas sectors. Its specialty is the develop- ment of equipment and systems to operate in harsh marine environ- ments. BOT is a Canadian owned and operated company and is owned and managed by the two company shareholders. BOT has been involved with the design and development of marine and oceanographic equip- ment for more than 20 years and has a track record as a company that can solve problems with simple, yet inno- vative designs.

C&C Technologies 730 East Kaliste Saloom Road,

Lafayette, LA 70508

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

E-mail: [email protected]

CEO/President: Thomas Chance

Vice President: Jim Chance

C & C provides a range of survey and mapping services for the land and offshore oil and gas industry, the telecommunications industry and several government entities. The company has six divisions including; the Land and Transition Zone Survey

Division, Marine Construction

Survey Division, Geophysical and

Geosciences Division, NOAA

Surveys Division, Geotechnical

Division, and the Worldwide DGPS

Services Division. Several in-house departments including a Database,

Systems Development, Information

Technology, HSE, and QA as well as a mechanical fabrication department support all C & C operational divi-

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