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MOTN News

FarSounder Unveils a New 3D Forward-Looking Sonar

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FarSounder is proud to debut a new sonar and a new name for its series of 3D forward-looking navigation sonars.  With the company’s continued growth and focus on research and development, it was time to give the series a name and offer more alternatives. The new name is the Argos series and are now 3 models in the series. The latest model the Argos 350 [ Continue reading. ]

CLS WILL ATTEND OCEANS 2019 WITH SUBSIDIARY WOODS HOLE GROUP

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As partners of the ocean sciences community for more than 30 years, CLS – and its U.S. subsidiary, Woods Hole Group – are pleased to attend Oceans 2019 in Seattle, from October 27-31st. This event, dedicated to global maritime professionals, provides an opportunity to learn, innovate, and lead in the protection and utilization of the [ Continue reading. ]

FarSounder Expands Field of View

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FarSounder is increasing its navigation sonars’ capabilities by broadening the field of view to up to 120 degrees. Their series of forward looking sonars currently provide users a 90 degree field of view out to 500m and 60 degree field of view out to 1000m. With this update, both the 100 meter and 200 meter range modes will have this brand new [ Continue reading. ]

Zephyr Marine Center has office space available in Woods Hole

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Our Marine Center is located in the middle of Woods Hole, directly across the street from WHOI’s Bigelow Lab and between WHOI’s Information Office and MBL. We have two first floor offices available. One plan is to make one office available to MOTN companies on a shared ‘Consortium’ basis. The space is ideal for meeting with WH people, setting up demos, and [ Continue reading. ]

LOWELL INSTRUMENTS MOVES TO NEW LOCATION IN FALMOUTH TECH PARK

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August 22, 2019 – (Falmouth, MA)  This summer, Lowell Instruments moved into offices in the former WEBB Research building at 82 Technology Park Drive in East Falmouth.  With other small marine technology businesses in the collaborative style shared workspace, the new location provides a base for Lowell Instruments to expand and continue to grow [ Continue reading. ]

MOTN MEMBER NEWS! Manufacturing for Ocean Research Thrives on Strong Customer Support

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ARLINGTON, MA, Aug 14, 2019. Creation of a professional working liaison between Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Cayman Islands Dept of Environment, and Sea Sciences, Inc. resulted in a successful field data collection effort in support of the endangered Nassau Grouper in the Cayman Islands. In November of 2016, Sea Sciences was contacted by [ Continue reading. ]

MOTN MEMBER NEWS! Teledyne Benthos Offers GNSS Upgrade for Acoustic Modems/Releases

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Teledyne Benthos is pleased to announce the availability of a new GNSS option for their feature-rich UTS-9000 series Universal Topside Units used to command their full line of acoustic modems and releases.  Via the new 2.0 upgrade, customers can upgrade their existing UTS-9400 units to include this capability, or order it as an option on all new [ Continue reading. ]

MOTN MEMBER NEWS! Hydroid Engineering, Operations and Program Management Organizations Appraised at CMMI V2.0 Maturity Level 3

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Appraisal signifies an important milestone in Hydroid’s continuous improvement journey to establish best practices in cost, schedule and quality process performance POCASSET, Mass. Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and a leading manufacturer of marine robotic systems, announced it was appraised at Maturity Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s [ Continue reading. ]

MOTN Member News! Teledyne Marine Photo Contest

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Teledyne Marine announces the return of its annual photo contest. Customers and product users are invited to submit their favorite photos showing any of Teledyne Marine’s over 400 products in action. This is an opportunity to help raise global awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans from the [ Continue reading. ]