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MASSA PRODUCTS

CORPORATION

JAIA ROBOTICS www.klein.com www.massa.com www.jaia.tech

Klein Marine Systems designs and

Massa specializes in sonar and elec-

Jaia Robotics designs and devel- ops micro-sized autonomous aquatic manufactures sidescan sonar and troacoustic design and manufacture for the US and allied navies, includ- systems. Its ? agship platform, the underwater imaging systems for de- fense, hydrographic survey, search ing sonar transducers, hydrophones,

JaiaBot, is a compact autonomous ve- and recovery, offshore, scienti? c, accelerometers, arrays and systems. hicle engineered to operate individu-

Massa also develops and produces ally or in synchronized multi-drone and autonomous marine applica- tions. Their solutions include high- ultrasonic air transducers and sensor ? eets, enabling rapid, wide-area en- resolution towed, vessel-mounted, systems for industrial applications. vironmental data collection and ef? - and UUV/AUV sonar systems en-

Currently, Massa provides about cient small-payload delivery. gineered to deliver sea? oor imagery, 60% of the SONAR technologies

The JaiaBot’s modular hardware ar- chitecture allows quick con? guration target detection, and mission-ready for the US naval submarines, in ad- data in demanding underwater envi- dition to a full line of commercial changes, easy maintenance, and integra- oceanographic and industrial ultra- tion of specialized sensors, instruments, ronments.

The MANTIS 600 is Klein Marine sonic sensing technologies. Massa’s and mission-speci? c payloads. Its open- portfolio includes solutions such as source software framework supports Systems’ 600 kHz towed sidescan so- low-frequency/high-power SONAR, collaborative development, enabling nar, combining multichannel archi- government, academic, and industry tecture, dynamic focusing, dynamic mid-frequency SONAR, passive and aperture, and high-bandwidth pro- active arrays, navigational sensors, partners to adapt the system, create cus- cessing to deliver clear, high-resolution AUV/UUV sensing, acoustic com- tom behaviors, and integrate new capa- imagery in demanding conditions. munications, level-sensing, proximity bilities without proprietary constraints.

Most recently, Jaia Robotics has been Designed for mine countermeasures, detection, and more.

Massa’s facilities are ISO 9001:2015 awarded a $6.1 million contract to survey, search and recovery, and other build JaiaBot HYDROs for the US mission-critical applications, it brings certi? ed and include an engineer-

MANTIS imaging performance to a ing laboratory, an engineering model

Marine Corp.

shop, growing rubber vulcanizing and

Jaia Robotic’s facilities are located in tow? sh platform.

As part of General Oceans, Klein is plastic molding facilities, a growing

Bristol, RI in the Herreshoff Mari- model and production machine shop, time Innovation Campus. The space connected to marine technology com- panies spanning sensing, navigation, a clean/humidity-controlled area, hy- includes an of? ce, areas for mechani- cal and electrical assembly, prototype robotics, environmental monitoring, drostatic pressure testing facilities, and and ocean science.

an underwater acoustic test facility.

fabrication, and software development.

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