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OceanAlpha www.oceanalpha.com

Headquartered in Hong Kong, OceanAlpha Group manufactures unmanned surface vehicles (USV), grow- ing from a small of? ce in 2010 to a workforce of more than 300 today, including 110 R&D engineers. Ocean-

Alpha’s Dolphin 1 Smart Lifebuoy, an Unmanned Re- mote Surface Vehicle, is dedicated to improve response times and make the water a safer place. Dolphin 1 has the ability to both cut through waves and, more impor- tantly, has the lift and buoyancy to carry victims back iXblue to safety. Five hundred meters of communication range www.ixblue.com ensures ef? cient rescue within visible eyesight. iXblue has been developing better performing navi- gation and positioning solutions that bring critical op- eration capabilities to surface and subsea assets (inertial navigation systems, USBL and LBL acoustic posi- tioning systems, forward-looking sonars, etc.). iXblue brings more robust autonomy and more safety to those platforms. This in-house mastering of all technologies relating to navigation and autonomy has led iXblue to develop its own USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel),

DriX, which gathered the interest of companies operat- ing in the offshore and geosciences industry and is now considered a game changing tech in those markets.

Moog Focal www.moog.com/focal

Moog Focal specializes in electrical slip rings, ? ber op- tic rotary joints, hydraulic utility swivels and ? ber optic multiplexer solutions for the worldwide marine industry including ROV, seismic, FPSO turret and oceanograph- ic applications. Product features include hybrid pack- ages that combine ? ber, electrical, and ? uid rotary joints for harsh environments, explosion proof/? ameproof for hazardous locations and adaptation to customers’ size and mounting constraints. Moog Focal has continued

RJE Oceanbotics to develop new tech and enhance product offerings, www.oceanbotics.com including the release of additional 914-DX expansion During the COVID-19 lock down, RJE instituted a card into the 914 X series product line. The 914-DX remote demonstration for the SRV-8 so that customers offers a signi? cant reduction in size for isolated serial and prospects could pilot the ROV from anywhere in channels, and features a software con? gurable TTL op- the world. In March it ful? lled one of its biggest single tion for the ? rst time from a Moog Focal multiplexer. orders to date—15 ROVs. Another signi? cant develop- ment is the addition of Shawn Devlin as Sales Execu- tive. RJE Oceanbotics is a technology based company.

The driving force behind Engineer Ryan Engle’s SRV-8 design, is the SRV-8’s SubNav Software. SubNav is de- signed to allow the pilot to take full advantage of the

SRV-8 design of 8 vectored thrusters that allow for dy- namic vectored control and 6 degrees of freedom. www.marinetechnologynews.com

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