50 Years from Now: Perspectives from Marty Klein
and I would seek help from people I admired. One of the things I wrestled with was if and how to make long range plans. At a lunch at one of the ocean conferences I asked one of my mentors his thoughts about long-range plans. He leaned back in his chair, thought a bit, and said “Well, y’know Marty, if we were having this conversation in 1900 you would have to be able to predict two world wars, a great depression, the atomic bomb, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, Mao, computers and many other things. Do you think you could do that?" After a long chat we agreed that you do have
Oi: Tracking 50 Years of Ocean Innovation
1960s to include an exhibition hall and a casino, the UK’s first.The first show attracted some 600 people, exhibitors and visitors, including British Labour politician and Minister for Technology, Tony Benn (pictured right opening the inaugural evel). Among the show’s first visitors was Marty Klein, who was instrumental in bringing side scan sonar technology to commercial market. “There was a lot of excitement about the oceans,” he says. “Cities under the sea were going to feed the world. People were building manned submersibles to go exploring in the deep. Aerospace companies
Governor Sununu Visits Klein Marine Systems
Friday, November 2 in celebration of the sonar system manufacturer's 50th anniversary.The visit provided an opportunity for Governor Sununu to speak with company leadership while touring the facilities at Klein's Salem, N.H. headquarters.The company's origins stretch back to the 1960s when Marty Klein, who many consider to be the father of side scan sonar, began building his own devices from his home in Lexington, Mass.Today the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitcham Industries and is led by Frank Cobis, vice president and general manager
Voices: Jill Zande, MATE II
teams. They come up with some creative and sophisticated solutions. I think that the teams are equally as amazed at the variety of solutions that they see when they come to the event.What also gives me a great deal satisfaction is the support and dedication of our volunteers. We have people like Marty Klein, who has volunteered since the very beginning and travels each year, no matter where we are, to be a part of the international competition. We have working professionals who make the competition a regularly scheduled part of their year, building their vacation around it and, in some cases, paying
Klein's Side Scan Sonar, Then and Now
The company known today as Klein Marine Systems, Inc. has origins stretching back to the 1960s when Marty Klein, who many consider to be the father of side scan sonar, began building his own devices from his home in Lexington, Mass. As this iconic subsea technology company approaches 50, MTR speaks with Marty Klein as well as Klein Marine System’s general manager, Frank Cobis. When did you realize you were destined for a career in the subsea world? Marty Klein: Wow. It started back in 1961 when I was a senior at MIT and I had to do a thesis. I like to build things, but I
Marine Technology Reporter - September 2017 Edition
Technology Reporter is now available – in print, and online. This edition includes features on: Ocean observation: robotics and artificial intelligence pave the path forward. Research vessels: update on the new fleet currently under construction Voices: Marty Klein, the 'father of side scan sonar'; and Frank Cobis, vice president and general manager of Klein Marine Systems Seafloor engineering: the mapping-while-drilling evolution Port insights: Digital transformation of port operations Read more at http://dig
MTR100: Klein Marine Systems, Inc.
Founded by Marty Klein in 1968, in a small factory in Salem, N.H., Klein Associates became the world’s first commercial manufacturer of side scan sonar, and since then has gone on to become a leading supplier of side scan sonar equipment, as well as waterside security and surveillance systems to navies, shipbuilders, secure installations, researchers, oil and gas explorers and hydrographers. Klein designs and manufactures high-resolution side scan and multi-beam sonar equipment, and radar-based security and surveillance systems at its 56,000 sq. ft. facility 30 miles from Boston. The System 5900
MTR100: L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc.
11 Klein Drive Salem, New Hampshire 03079 T: 1-603-893-6131 E: [email protected] W: www.L-3Klein.com CEO/President: Frank Cobis No. of Employees: 50 Founded by Marty Klein in 1968, in a small factory in Salem, New Hampshire, USA, Klein Associates became the first commercial manufacturer of side scan sonar in the world. Since then, L-3 Klein Associates has become the leading supplier of side scan sonar equipment, and waterside security and surveillance systems to navies, shipbuilder
Michael J. Stewart Retires
, and a job with a company that was making marine radio facsimile for weather charts, which led to involvement with the company’s sonar products. Stewart’s career has been broad and interesting, including work and personal relationships with some industry luminaries including Bob Ballard, Marty Klein and Charlie Black. In fact, for some time he ran a company with Bob Ballard, the company Marquest. “I was supplying equipment, and Ballard needed someone to run his company so we made a perfect pair. I knew how to run operations, and he had the vision and charisma … he was
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