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April 2014

Contents

Volume 57 Number 3 24

Education 24 SeaPerch Finals

The Fourth National SeaPerch

Challenge, the Underwater Robotic

Championship, is set for next month in Mississippi, bring together students, industry and government. 6 Editorial 46 People & Companies 50 OI 2014 Tech Overviewech Over 56 Products 61 Classifeds 64 Ad Index

USV 16 Meet Anaconda-2

A collaboration between Swiftships and the University of Louisiana at

Lafayette delivers Anaconda-2.

By Susan Buchanan 16 20

Case Study 20 Alvin Passes the Test

WHOI’s submarine Alvin is back from a $2m overhaul that has dramatically upgraded its capabilities.

Chris Linder , W oods Hole Oceanographic Ins titution

Swif tships 46

People & Companies

Birns celebrates 60 • Deals are done @ OI ‘14 • Harkand expands in the Gulf • New guidance for subsea installations 50

April 2014 4 MTR 42

Pipeline Inspection 42 Laser Scanning

Underwater laser based micro- bathymetry is becoming a valuable tool for subsea pipeline and asset inspection.

By Jason Gillham

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