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International Submarine

Engineering Ltd. 1734 Broadway Street

Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2M8

Tel: 604-942-5223

Fax: 604-942-7577 www.ise.bc.ca

Email: [email protected]

President: James McFarlane

Vice President: Mike Macdonald

Vice President: James Ferguson

Facilities: 45,000 sq. ft., consisting of ISE and

ISER engineering, manufacturing and administra- tion facilities

Testing Capabilities: In-ground, on-site test tank (45'x15'x15') and 25 meter trials/testing vessel

Number of Employees: 65

Annual Sales (US$): $10,000,000

International Submarine

Engineering Ltd designs and develops autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles as well as a sys- tems integrator of robotic platforms.

Since 1974, ISE has developed and sold Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Autonomous Underwater

Vehicles (AUVs), Unmanned Surface

Vehicles (USVs) and manned sub- mersibles. While the primary focus is on marine platforms, ISE also builds and supplies manipulators, hydraulic components and tools for use with

ROVs and other robotics systems.

Notable product achievements include the HYSUB series of ROVs, the Theseus AUV, which holds the endurance record for AUVs, the

Explorer Class of AUVs, Shell

SmartPump refuelling robot and the

STM Crew training robot for the

Canadian Space

Agency. ISE's equipment is found in all sectors of the underwater activity including offshore, cable maintenance, marine science and oceanography and naval mine counter- measures.

Based in Port

Coquitlam, BC,

ISE's facilities are conveniently locat- ed 10km from the

Vancouver harbor where the company maintains and oper- ates a 25 m research vessel. Local shel- tered water depths are from 20 to 240 m and provide an ideal undersea vehi- cle testing site.

Technology Profile:

ISE's specialty lies in the design and integration of complex systems for the sub-sea industry with a focus on working to provide clients with solu- tions that address their specific needs.

This experience is represented by the 210 underwater vehicles ISE has built and delivered to clients in 20 coun- tries. Of these vehicles, over 25 are

AUV's. These range from a 25 kg suitcase size vehicle known as Sea

Squirt, to the longest-range AUV that currently exists in the world.

Complementing design and manu- facture, ISE has built a framework for control systems that span a wide range of remotely controlled applica- tions. A unified control system design is used across all unmanned vehicles based on common core soft- ware for command and control. Since cost is becoming a greater factor in capital purchase, ISE's aim is to pro- vide vehicles with longevity. Many of

ISE's underwater vehicles have been used for over 15 years. As one exam- ple, ARCS, our first AUV saw 18 years of service, three owners, six major upgrades and over 800 dives supporting five distinct applications.

One of our ROVs has also just recent- ly completed its 3000th dive after 18 years of service.

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