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Technology Profile: Teledyne

Benthos technology includes: acoustic systems, flotation products, geophysical survey systems, hydrophones, locator products, remotely operated vehicles, and teles- onar modems. It's specialty is remote sensors for harsh environments

Currently, Teledyne Benthos is focused on developing and marketing systems and sensors for a multitude of undersea applications, including wireless subsea communications, hydrography, and oceanographic sen- sor systems.

Tritech International Limited

Peregrine Road, Westhill Business Park, Westhill

Aberdeen, AB32 6JL UK

Tel:++ 44 (0)1224 744111

Fax:++ 44 (0)1224 741771

Email:[email protected] www.tritech.co.uk

The company started trading in 1990 with the aim of producing a range of sub-sea products available.

Beginning life as a two-man opera- tion working from a converted house,

Tritech now produces sensors and tools for ROV (Remotely Operated

Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous

Underwater Vehicles) markets. As the name implies, Tritech embraces three different technologies; sub-sea imag- ing and measuring systems with both acoustic and video sensors, and many state of the art mechanical and elec- trical products. Technology Profile:

Tritech specializes in the production and provision of high performance acoustic sensors, video cameras and mechanical tooling equipment for professional, underwater markets.

Tritech Provides full acoustic survey packages including ROV obstacle avoidance sonars, profiling sonars, sidescan sonar systems, bathymetric systems, altimeters and sub-bottom profilers.

TSS (International) LTD. 1 Garnett Close, Greycainc Industrial Estate

Watford Hertfondshirk

UK WDZ47GL

Tel: + 44(0) 1923470800

Fax: + 44 (0) 1923470842

Email:[email protected] www.tss-international.com

Managing Director: John Frost

Chairman: Terry Madden

Business Development Manger: Guthrie Robertson

Finance Director: Angela Suggate

Technology Director: Steve Cowls

Facilties: Headquarters Watford, England. Offices in

Houston TX and Aberdeen Scotland. 18,00 sq ft.

Testing Capabilities: Motion table, temp. oven

Number of Employees: 70

Annual Sales (US$): $24,000,000

TSS (International) LTD. has a century of experience in marine navi- gation, gyrocompasses, and steering controls. This is combined with a range of high-tech, accurate sensors for heading and motion measure- ment, and subsea pipe and cable sur- vey and detection. As well as its com- mercially available products, the com- pany offers a bespoke engineering service to meet increasing naval demands specifically in the realm of steering controls and navigation tech- nology. Technology Profile: Its line of motion sensors are used in a wide variety of applications that require highly accurate motion detection (single and mulitibeam echosounders,

ROVs and AUVs, acoustic and dynamic positioning systems). Its newest generation of Dynamic

Motion Sensors incorporates solid state accelerometers and rate sensors, entirely new technology that had not been previously available. TSS has also been on the forefront in the development and design of aided

Inertial Navigation Systems.

Through a partnership in the '90s,

TSS helped develop the POS/MV (Position and Orientation Systems for

Marine Vessels), an inertial navigation system made up of three accelerome- ters, three gyrocompasses, and two

GPS antennas. The product, like the motion sensors, became an industry standard providing advanced naviga- tion, motion compensation & vessel analysis to the marine industry. The

Orion INS incorporates its latest ver- sion of the TSS INS algorithm with three single axis ring laser elements and three highly accurate accelerome- ters.

Turner Designs, Inc. 845 W. Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Tel: 408-749-0994; Fax: 408-749-0998

E-mail: [email protected] www.turnerdesigns.com

CEO/President: James Crawford

Vice President: Tom Vasconcellos

Marketing Director: Chelsea Donovan

Engineering Director: Patrick Sanders

Facilities: 1

Number of Employees: 25

Turner Designs, Inc. was founded in 1972 by George Turner and for three decades, has manufactured rugged and reliable field, laboratory, submersible and on-line instrumenta- tion. Turner has produced thousands

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