Secretive Slugs May Unlock WA’s Hidden Marine Biodiversity
on rocky and muddy shores, hiding at high tide and emerging at low tide to feed and reproduce, playing a significant role in coastal ecosystems. However, despite their high numbers, they’ve never been adequately documented along any part of Australia’s coastline until now.Visiting from Pennsylvania State University, Adjunct Professor Benoît Dayrat from Curtin’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences said the research filled a crucial knowledge gap. WA’s northern coastline is incredibly biodiverse, rivaling the Great Barrier Reef, yet there are many species we still know
Schmidt Sciences Fosters AI Research
the University of California San Diego● Florian Shkurti, assistant professor at the University of Toronto● Bijun Tang, presidential postdoctoral fellow at Nanyang Technological University● Ellen Vitercik, assistant professor at Stanford University● Eric Wong, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania● Chaowei Xiao, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
TDI-Brooks Awarded Geotechnical Coring Project Off US East Coast
develop a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy facility in Commercial Lease OCS-A 0508, with up to 69 total wind turbine generators, an offshore substation, inter-array cables, an onshore substation, and up to two transmission cables making landfall in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and connecting to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) Interconnection energy grid. This project is intended to substantially contribute to the region’s electrical reliability and help Virginia achieve its renewable energy goals as stated in the Virginia Clean Economy Act
Saildrone Hires Cuyler as COO and Jones as Sales VP
was formerly chairman of the board at the Earth Observation Industry Alliance and a director of SPADAC Inc. He has served on the advisory boards of Skybox Inc., BlackSky Global, and Chandah Space Technologies.He has a BA from Yale University and a MA in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania
VideoRay Scores Large USN Order; Expects '22 Revenue to be Double of '21
is standardizing on VideoRay Defender Mission Specialist systems due to superior capabilities, flexibility and upgradability of the large number of systems deployed since 2019. VideoRay’s customer support of the Navy includes training facilities and staffing on the East Coast in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and the West Coast in San Diego.All components of a Defender ROV are modular and are designed to be easily swapped out by warfighters in the field.Recent new capabilities for Defender systems are evolving rapidly due to close cooperation testing and development between VideoRay, its component
Intelatus: The long-tenured, New Name in Market Intel & Planning
Partner, has extensive market analysis and strategic planning experience in the maritime and offshore oil and gas sectors, having managed more than 400 consulting assignments in more than 40 countries. McCaul has a PhD in economics from the University of Maryland, an MS in business administration from Pennsylvania State University and a BS in marine science from the State University of New York Maritime College. He also has a professional mariner's license from the U.S. Coast Guard.Philip Lewis, Director of Research, has extensive market analysis, strategic planning and business management experience
Tech File: Sonar Equipment Critical to Search and Recovery
divers by only having them in the water when we have a specific area/target to confirm. The side scan has been a valuable additional resource for our team.”A few of the many teams using Fishers side scan sonars are Columbia County Sheriff’s Department in New York, the Union Fire Company in Pennsylvania, Webster Rescue Squad in Massachusetts, Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security in Louisiana, Midland County Sheriff’s Department in Michigan, Wheeling Police Department in West Virginia, Chautauqua County Emergency Services in New York, Miami-Dade Police Recovery Unit in Florida and
Advanced Acoustic Concepts selects Sonardyne for Subsea Target Tracking
also benefit from being able to use and integrate our different navigation, communications and control mission systems, seamlessly, all with technical and application support from our facilities in the US.”Advanced Acoustic Concepts, which is based in New York and has facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania, is co-owned by Leonardo DRS and Thales
VideoRay Scores $7M Navy Mission Specialist Defender Purchase
VideoRay LLC of Pottstown, Pa., announced it has received a major order for additional Mission Specialist Defender systems for the U.S. Navy MESR program. These ROV systems are being built at VideoRay headquarters in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and will ship through the end of the calendar year. Each system includes software, sensors, and tooling from Greensea, Blueprint Subsea, Nortek and Eddyfi Technologies.This order is VideoRay's third order for the program since its first award in 2019. In addition to shipments to the US Navy, VideoRay sells and supports systems to several allied navies around
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