Page 54: of Marine Technology Magazine (June 2011)

54 MTR June 2011

Edgetech Demos

EdgeTech will conduct on-water demonstrations of the new Littoral

Mine Countermeasure Sonar (LMCS) in Boca Raton, Fla., July 18 – 22. This event is focused on the military community and will high- light the latest

EdgeTech

LMCS solu- tion. The sys- tem includes a unique suite of inte- grated vehicle, sonar and software technology which provides high speed, high resolution and long range underwater imaging. For more infor- mation, contact Rick Babicz at Tel: +1 508-356-9741 or email: babicz@ edgetech.com

L-3 Klein Delivers HarborGuard for Security Upgrade Program

L-3 Klein announced the first deliv- eries of its HarborGuard Integrated

Waterside Security and Surveillance

System for a major U.S. security upgrade program. With its ability to provide immediate alerts and updat- ed threat positions, L-3’s

HarborGuard System is a key compo- nent of new security measures throughout the U.S. that provide continuous coverage and monitoring of all surface activity around dams, with special attention on security zones to protect critical infrastruc- ture.

Balmoral’s Subsea Test Center

Balmoral Offshore Engineering opened its new test facility, The

Balmoral Subsea Test Center, located at company HQ in Aberdeen. The center offers a comprehensive range of procedures including hydrostatic, mechanical and laboratory testing and represents a multi-million pound investment for the company. A cus- tom-built pressure test vessel, ‘PV6’, thought to be the largest commercial- ly available unit in Europe, forms the centrepiece of the new center.

Installed vertically with an internal diameter of 1.83m (72-in.) an inter- nal length of 9m (29.5-ft.) and a maximum operating pressure of 410bar (6000psi), the vessel is fitted with penetration flanges to allow the connection of hydraulic and electrical lines.

India Orders Deepwater

System for “Black Box”

Recovery

National Institute of Ocean

Technology (NIOT), in Chennai

India, has awarded a contract to RJE

International to supply a multifunc- tional acoustic directional receiver for their 6000m Remote Operated

Vehicle (ROV). The AHS765

Acoustic Receiver will assist the ROV in locating and recovery of aircraft flight recorders or “black boxes” by homing in on the acoustic signal emitted by flight recorder’s acoustic beacon. With recent air disasters hap- pening over deepwater, Directorate

General for Civil Aviation and the

Airports Authority of India has tasked NIOT to expand the capabili- ty of their ROV to assist aircraft dis- asters investigation.

To meet this challenge, RJE

International and Falmouth

Scientific Incorporated, of Catumet,

MA has teamed up to deliver the sub- sea acoustic receiver designed not only to detected underwater acoustic beacons but transponders as well.

The AHS765 is a versatile eight chan- nel receiver/interrogator that is oper- ated from the surface using a RS232 interface with the vehicles control system. Custom software allows the

ROV operator to determine range and bearing to the target beacon or transponder with provide full control of the receivers functions. The

AHS765 small footprint makes it ideal for large and small submersible vehicles.

Sensor Tech Expands

Sensor Technology Ltd. opened a new manufacturing facility, in a building that was purchased in

January of 2011 and located immedi- ately adjacent to SensorTech’s previ- ous two building campus. It adds a third building to the company’s oper- ations and increases total workspace by 25 percent. The majority of the square footage in the new building has been allocated to Sensor

Technology’s piezoelectric powder production, increasing the space for this cornerstone operation by forty percent. The new building also con- solidates all machining operations to a single facility and provides dedicat- ed areas for R&D, electronics testing and sales & marketing. By freeing space in the previous two buildings, the change has also allowed for a larg- er potting/encapsulation facility and a smoother production workflow across all three buildings.

RAdm Firebaugh Joins Marport

Board

Marport Deep Sea Technologies

Inc. announced the appointment of

Rear Admiral Millard S. Firebaugh,

USN (ret) to the Marport Board of

Directors. Admiral Firebaugh has held distinguished leadership posi- tions in research and development, people & companies