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CONTENTS32SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT Dr. Larry Schuette, the Director of Innovation, ONR, shares his vi- sion on bringing ideas from drawing board to the battlespace. by Edward Lundquist 40FAST SHIPS At Fast 2011 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News found a focus on the future of fast sea transportation. by Edward Lundquist 44LCS: LESSONS LEARNEDAs the U.S. Navy works toward building the fleet of LCS, MR ex- amines problems encountered and solutions rendered. by Edward Lundquist 46FOSS: CUTTING EDGE WEST COAST ICONFoss Maritime, founded in 1889, is iconic on the West Coast. MR explores Foss? push? via its hybrid tugs ? to become the clean running icon of the global workboat market.by Raina O. Clark54?X? MARKS THE SPOTWhen the X-Prize Foundation threw down the $1.4m oil spill clean- up challenge, Elastec/American blew the field away with its so-lution which nearly triples previous best performance. by Greg Trauthwein 58ONE-ON-ONE WITH NAVPREET SINGH The head of India?s Dolphin Offshore Shipping and Dolphin Off- shore Enterprises discusses his company?s colorful past and its promising future. by Joseph Fonseca62BRAZIL BOUNDWith a successful OTC Brasil 2011 under its belt and a thriving workboat, shipbuilding and offshore market, the sky appears to be the limit in Brazil.by Claudio Paschoa & Alan Haig-Brown 68FAMILIARIZATION TALES BC Ferries leads the way in Innovative Training Practices. by Murray Goldberg & Jeff Joyce 74$68B: FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEM Massive infrastructure investment is coming to offshore. By Lucy Miller76UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMSThe market for autonomous subsea and surface maritime sys- tems is set to take off. By Antoine Martin 80MEET CUMMINS? HEDGEHOGCummins launched its new Hedgehog line in style, targeting Tier 4 and the Medium Speed market, with the QSK95, dubbed themost powerful high speed diesel ever. By Greg Trauthwein 88DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS The advent of renewable energy on commercial vessels is turn- ing quickly, powered by innovations such as ECO Marine?s Aquar- ius concept.By Greg Atkinson 462Maritime Reporter & Engineering News MR Nov.11 # 1 (1-9):MR Template 11/4/2011 2:13 PM Page 2