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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 51 operations along with the associated control-monitoring systems. Rapp operates a total engineering manage- ment and supervision system for all products also offerings full mainte- nance and service support worldwide.

Rapp recently launched its "Offshore

Solutions" division offering a new range of Hi-Performance winch-han- dling systems, specifically designed for deep-water ROV systems used in subsea drilling and offshore construc- tion support industries. These cus- tom build winches are available in

Hydraulic or Electric formats with optional Computerized Active Heave

Motion Compensation (AHC) sys- tems and Traction control modules.

Rapp's Soft-touch deployment & recovery control systems offer more finite umbilical control available in

Standard or Custom designs. Rapp also offers Winch-Handling Systems for the Geophysical, Seismic and

Survey Industries.

Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc 1808 136th Pl. N.E.

Bellevue, WA, 98005 USA

Tel: 425-643-9866

Fax: 425: 643-9954

E-mail [email protected] www.seabird.com

President: Dr. Norge Larson, Oceanographer

Vice President: John Backes

Marketing Director: Doug Bennett

Engineering Director: Dave Murphy

Facilities: Engineering and Administrative offices, laboratories, manufacturing, CNC machine shop, warehouse.

Square Footage: approx. 30,000

Testing Capabilities: conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygencalibration baths (12), 10,000 psia hydrostatic pressure test vessels (3), deadweight testers, metrology laboratory - water triple-pointcells, galium melting point cells, 8400B Autosals, IAPSO Standard Seawater

Number of Employees: 92

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

Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc is a manu- facturer of marine instruments for measurement of salinity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, and relat- ed oceanographic variables. Major products include Conductivity/

Temperature/Depth (CTD) profilers, multi-bottle in-situ water samplers, moored CT recorders, dissolved oxy- gen sensors and wave/tide/tsunami pressure instruments. Sea-Bird was incorporated in 1979, and currently employs 92 people, including 5 oceanographers. The company has been profitable each year, and has always devoted more than 10% of its yearly revenue to research and devel- opment. Technology Profile: CTD instruments have been developed to meet the expanding scope of oceano- graphic research. Application specific

CTDs are available for conventional profiling, fixed moorings, moored profilers, autonomous drifting profil- ers (ARGO floats), surface floats,

AUVs, autonomous Gliders, and

Ocean Observatories. SeaBird’s cali- bration technology (conductivity, temperature and dissolved oxygen) is at the cutting edge of accuracy and stability and provides not only the production and service calibration capacity to perform over 40,000 cali- brations per year, it also serves as a powerful R&D tool. Recent R&D initiatives include next generation inductive modem technology, dis- solved oxygen and surface salinity sensors for ARGO floats, an under- way CTD profiler, a long-term water quality monitor, and a small low cost water sampler.

SeaBotix Inc. 1425 Russ Blvd, T112D, San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: +1-619-239-5959

President: Donald Rodocker

SeaBotix is a manufacturer of Mini-

ROV systems, since the introduction of the LBV in 2001. Founder Donald

Rodocker has been involved in the underwater industry for over 30 years. SeaBotix is a small company of 40 employees with offices in San

Diego and also Perth, Australia.

Technology Profile: SeaBotix Inc. manufactures a comprehensive line of

MiniROVs. Each SeaBotix system is designed with unique aspects in the

MiniROV market. Such aspects include powerful thrusters including lateral, small diameter umbilical, umbilical lengths to 750 meters, 270º field of view, video overlay, highly intuitive control system, auto func- tions and a multitude of options.

In addition to the LBV SeaBotix has developed a hybrid system. The

LBC enhances the capabilities of the

LBV by adding a unique attractor and 4-wheel drive mechanism. Each

SeaBotix system is designed as a flex- ible sensor platform. With this in mind there are a diverse range of options to suit each individual requirement such as sonars, lighting, cameras, manipulators, probes and more.

Sidus Solutions 2785 Kurtz St. Ste. 1, San Diego, Calif. 92110

CEO: Leonard Pool

Founded in September 2000, SSI's team encompasses more than 40 years of combined experience. The primary business sectors Sidus

Solutions has marketed to have been the oil & gas E&P, refineries, oceano- graphic research and power genera- tion industries. Technology Profile:

Sidus Solutions offers a line of state- of-the-art security and surveillance products. In addition to our new flagship system, the SSI Robotic

Positioning System, Sidus also offers

LBC

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