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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 41 time, interactive 3D display of very large complex scenes at their full res- olution. Users gain insight and extract more information from their combined data (data sets such as multi-beam, LIDAR, magnetic and gravity, in fact any surface data that has an x, y, z, variables format).

Fledermaus can be used as a tool to assess environmental and geological hazards, plan drilling locations, rig placements, or pipeline and cable routes. Data such as backscatter, side scan, geo-referenced aerial photo- graphs or images.

L-3 Klein Associates, Inc. 11 Klein Drive, Salem, NH 03079

Tel: 603-893-6131

Email: [email protected] www.L-3Klein.com

CEO : John Cotumaccio

Vice President: Michael Mitchell

Marketing Director: Deborah Durgin

Engineering Director: Marc Parent

Testing Capabilities: We have a 30,000 sq. ft. facil- ity which includes two large acoustic test tanks and a pressure vessel for simulating deep ocean pres- sure.

Number of Employees: 79

Annual Sales (US$): 25m

Founded in 1968 and headquar- tered in Salem, NH, with a regional support facility in Newport News,

Va. L-3 Klein is a leading supplier of side scan sonar equipment, integrated bridge systems, navigation products and waterside security and surveil- lance systems. Klein's business is structured into four segments: • Sonar: The high resolution Klein sonar systems, designed and manu- factured in a 60,000 square foot plant in New Hampshire, provide high speed, full bottom coverage with imagery unmatched in the industry. Navigation: L-3 Klein has an exten- sive worldwide network of sales and factory trained support staff to dis- tribute integrated bridge systems, radars, gyrocompasses, steering con- trols, autopilots, ship security alert systems, automatic identification sys- tems, echo sounders, and communi- cation systems. Klein is the exclusive supplier of Raytheon Anschütz

GmbH High Seas Products. Waterside Security and

Surveillance: L-3 Klein has the

HarborGuard Integrated Waterside

Security and Surveillance System which combines radar, infrared and day time video surveillance technolo- gy to provide all weather, day/night security coverage over water areas. Service: L-3 Klein maintains a fac- tory trained and certified staff for worldwide service.

LinkQuest Inc. 6749 Top Gun Street, San Diego, CA 92121

Tel: (858) 623-9900, 623-9916, 623-9919

Fax: (858) 623-9918

Email: [email protected] • www.link-quest.com

LinkQuest Inc., San Diego,

California, is a leading manufacturer of precision acoustic instruments for offshore oil exploration, construc- tion, drilling, survey, environmental study and other oceanographic appli- cations. Its Broadband Acoustic

Spread Spectrum (BASS) Technology sets new standard for acoustic com- munication and positioning.

LinkQuest is the dominant supplier of Underwater Acoustic Modems in the world. Its high speed underwater acoustic modems transport more than 95% of the world's acoustic communication data. These systems have set a series of technical perform- ance records in field deployments all over the world. LinkQuest's line of

TrackLink Acoustic Tracking Systems provide the world's most robust, accurate and cost-effective Ultra

Short Baseline (USBL) solutions.

LinkQuest's FlowQuest Acoustic

Current Profilers and NavQuest

Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL) pro- vide highly competitive solutions for current profiling or precision under- water navigation applications. These products offer significantly longer range with high accuracy. The Micro

DVL is the world's smallest and light- est Doppler Velocity Log.

LYYN

Ideon Science Park, Lund 22370 Sweden

Tel: +46462865790

Email: [email protected] www.lyyn.com

CEO & President: Bengt Sahlberg

Vice President: Andreas Ekengren

Marketing Director: Fredrik Beckman

Engineering Director: Anders Holm

Number of Employees: 4

Annual Sales (US$): $1 million

LYYN works with image enhance- ment for real-time video. Behind the company’s technology lies many years of research in the human vision sys- tem and image technologies. LYYN offers products and solutions based on a technical platform, V.E.T. -

Visibility Enhancement Technology.

The platform works with images and video from common color cameras, in real time, but also in post process- ing of stored material. V.E.T. improves visibility in for instance fog, haze, snow, rain, dust, darkness, etc. as well as in subsea and medical appli- cations.

The introduction of its analog video enhancer, LYYN T38, has generated a

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