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Tyson Alvanos Sea Catch for Chevron

North with Calecore’s geophysical vessel Kommandor Calum and Geotechnical Borehole Vessel Highland Spirit to commence a multiyear contract in the Russian Arctic. Seatronics, an Acteon company, signed a worldwide con- tract with Digital Edge Subsea Ltd. for Digital Edge Subsea’s complete range of digital video inspection systems. Seatronics will be equipped with Digital Edge Subsea systems for each of its global bases and they will be available for both rental and sales. A MacArtney MERMAC SC mooring winch solution was selected by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insti- tute) to empower the deployment and recovery of scientifi c moor- ings onboard MBARI vessels R/V Western Flyer and the R/V

Rachel Carson. The new mooring winch represents the second

MacArtney winch system in operation with MBARI, adding to a MacArtney ROV and AUV tether management winch system in operation on R/V Rachel Carson. The new MacArtney MER-

MAC Mooring Winch is designed as a powerful self contained steel construction with protection frame, replaceable drum, level wind, gear box, electric motor and remote control. OceanServer Technology received orders for four new

Iver3 AUVs across three different U.S. Navy contracts. The new vehicles will include two standard Iver3-580 units and two new

Iver3-450 Nano AUVs. The Iver3 Nano AUVs represent a new class of very small lightweight AUVs weighing less than 39 lbs.

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