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Test and Evaluation Ranges, and

Systems Integration • Nautronix Inc, San Diego and

Houston: Vessel Management and

Positioning Systems Nautronix MariPro Inc., Santa

Barbara CA: Underwater Test and

Evaluation Ranges, Ocean sciences and Through Water

Communications.

Nautronix specializes in this field and it has used its experience in con- ventional narrowband signaling and broadband chirps, as a base from which to concentrate on increasing signal bandwidth to develop Acoustic

Digital Spread Spectrum, (ADS²) sig- naling. This is derived from direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) coding techniques successfully used above water.

ORE Offshore 4 Little Brook Road

West Wareham, MA 02576

Tel: 1-508-291-0960

Fax: 1-508-291-0975 www.ore.com

Email: [email protected]

VP: Greg MacEachern

ORE Offshore was founded in 1961 with the original focus of the company being subsurface flotation and acoustically released anchors for oceanographic moorings. Today

ORE is a leading manufacturer in high accuracy acoustic positioning, communication and control systems.

ORE has two main product lines;

Underwater Navigation &

Positioning and Acoustic

Communication & Control. The

Navigation & Positioning systems are used to track underwater vehicles including ROVs, AUVs, and towed instrumentation packages. The

Communication & Control products are used to locate, communicate and activate or control devices underwa- ter. These include acoustic releases, acoustic transponders, acoustic long baseline positioning systems, and acoustic telemetry products. ORE sells and supports their products to offshore, military and institutional customers on a global scale. The company is based in West Wareham,

Massachusetts and shares a facility with its sister division, EdgeTech

Marine.

Technology Profile: ORE Offshore designs and manufactures acoustic products for many underwater appli- cations. The company's core technol- ogy is acoustic tracking and underwa- ter communications.

PCCI, Inc. 300 North Lee Street, Suite 201

Alexandria, VA 22314-2640

Tel: 1-703-684-2060

Fax: 1-703-684-5343

Email:[email protected] www.pccii.com

CEO: Alan Becker

President: Robert Urban

Vice President: Frank Marcinkowski

Marketing Director: Thomas Hudon

Engineering Director: Tony Kupersmith

Number of Employees: 46

Annual Sales (US$): 19,300,000

PCCI, Inc. is a privately owned marine and environmental engineer- ing firm established in 1977. The company has specialized experience in: marine emergency operations involving oil and hazardous substance issues, salvage and safety engineering,

Incident Command System (ICS) management, emergency response planning and training, ocean engi- neering, and naval architecture.

PCCI specialty services include:

Perry Slingsby Systems 821 Jupiter Park Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458

Tel: 561-743-7000;

Fax: 561-743-1313

E-mail: [email protected]

CEO: Martin Anderson

Managing Director: Martin Anderson

COO: Bruce Lokay

Perry Slingsby Systems is a leader in the design and manufacturing of remote intervention technologies and equipment systems. Production is carried out at two facilities. One in

Kirkbymoorside, near York, England, in a 48,000 sq. ft. plant and the other in Jupiter, near Palm Beach, Fla., in a 45,000 sq. ft. plant. The company recently opened a state of art training facility located in the heart of

Houston, Texas. PSS remote inter- vention technologies and equipment systems are grouped into six business lines: Vehicle Systems, Tooling &

Robotic Systems, Support Services,

Defense, Process Controls Products and Geotechnical & Trenching

Products. Sub-Atlantic Limited is the newest addition to the Triton Group.

Phoenix International, Inc. 9301 Largo Drive West, Largo, Md. 20774

Tel: 301-341-7800; Fax: 301-499-.0027

Email: [email protected]

URL- www.phnx-international.com

President: Mike Kutzleb

Executive Vice President: John Smith

Marketing Director: Tim Janaitis

VP Engineering: Eric Lindberg

Facilities: Six facilities: Maryland, Louisiana, Texas,

Virginia, California, and Hawaii

Square Footage: 330,510

Testing Capabilities- Pressure Chamber: 10,000 psi; Test Tank: 18,000 gallons, 12 ft. deep; Fiber

Optic Testing: Electronics to component Level

Number of Employees: 264

Annual Sales (US$): $60,000,000

Phoenix International, Inc. is 10- year old marine service company spe- cializing in underwater operations and engineering worldwide. The orig-

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