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grade, below project grade, above allowable over-depth grade, and areas below over-depth grade. Volume com- putations are determined for each of these categories of channel bottom.

The survey is being performed using

C&C's R/V Inland Surveyor equipped with an EM 3002 multibeam echosounder, navigation computers, C-

Nav RTK GPS and Hypack volume computation software. "To date, the project has been extremely successful," said Frank Lipari, C&C 's Government

Contracts Manager. "We expect to con- tinue to support the project's quality assurance needs over the next year, until completion of the dredging operations."

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Norwegian Navy Selects

Triton Imaging Software

The Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) purchased Triton Imaging's Fusion-

Office software to perform post-mission processing of multibeam and sidescan data from the HUGIN 1000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Triton's software is in operation on-board the

Oksoy Class mine warfare vessel, KNM

Karmoy. The Karmoy is currently per- forming EOD missions in the Baltic Sea as part of NATO's immediate reaction force MCMFORNORTH.

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Marine Sonic Offers Next

Generation of SHARPS

Marine Sonic Technology working in partnership with Hermetic Sciences, delivered components of the next gener- ation Sonic High Accuracy Ranging and

Positioning System (SHARPS) to

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

SHARPS is being used for positioning and control of the 6,500 m Jason/Medea

ROV during missions where very high resolution position information is required.

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ACR Introduces

ThunderBird SSAS

Designed to meet security require- ments as required through the Maritime

Transportation Security Act (MTSA) for all SOLAS vessels engaged in interna- tional voyages, ACR's new ThunderBird

SSAS will allow captains and crews to notify law enforcement and military agencies of onboard security problems anywhere in the world. The Thunderbird

SSAS is lightweight at just 1.9 lbs (.861 kg) and measures 7.5 x 4.25 x 3.62 in (36.8 x 10.8 x 9.2 cm).

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