Product Development

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Water Quality Data Software
AQUARIUS Time-Series™ is a comprehensive software package that significantly reduces the time required to organize, validate, correct, report and plot hydrometric and water quality data, according to the company. The 2.3 release includes a completely revised data import toolbox; new reporting, math and statistical tools; and support for vertical profiling sondes. Aquatic Informatics Inc.

Vector Drive
Vector® VII drive features an operator control panel that includes a large high-resolution, full-color graphics display, an industry first for the oil field, said the company. Wood Group ESP.

Bonding Epoxy Stick
Mighty Putty™, made for use on boats, bonds to and repairs almost any surface, including metal, glass, PVC, wood, wallboard, ceramics, tile and concrete. Garfield Group.

10-Mile LED Lantern
MaxiHALO-60 EFF is impervious to shock and vibration and comes equipped with standard features and benefits, including lightning protection, temperature-compensated control LED drive circuits, user-selectable power settings and reverse polarity protection, the company said. Tideland Signal Corp.

Navigation System
NaviScan integrates a boat’s navigation system and radar in master mode. It enables simultaneous display on a PC (or several PCs via its Ethernet network interface) of marine charts and the radar overlay or of the radar alone, along with the tracks of other shipping. SODENA SAS.

Large Diameter UUV Test Bed
Echo Ranger Large Diameter UUV is uniquely suited to providing ample payload capacity and energy, said the company. The Boeing Co., Advanced Information Systems.

High-Mileage Boating Gasoline
ValvTect Marine Gasoline and ValvTect Marine Diesel Fuel are specially formulated for heavy-duty marine engines to prevent and clean up power-robbing deposits. Compared to automotive-grade gasoline or diesel fuel, ValvTect Marine Fuels contain more detergents and other important additives needed for more difficult marine operating conditions, the company said. ValvTect Petroleum Products.

Polyurethane Adhesive
Araldite® 2018 adhesive is a light-colored, low-viscosity polyurethane specially formulated for joining ABS, SMC, polycarbonate and glass-reinforced plastics. Huntsman Advanced Materials.

Aluminum Powder Coat for Boats
When mixed with epoxy, 420 Aluminum Powder creates a pre-paint coating that hinders UV rays from degrading the epoxy, said the company. West System Inc.

Strong Polyethylene Fiber
Offshore ropes made with Dyneema® deliver high performance and durability under extreme conditions, as well as offering easy transport, handling and quick installations, the company said. Because Dyneema fiber is much stronger than steel, lines can be made equally strong at a similar diameter, with 1/7 the weight of steel, they continued. DSM Dyneema B.V.

Water-Resistant Canvas Jacket
Ideal for harsh marine environments, this functional jacket is made from a heavy-duty canvas that is breathable, said the company. The inner laminate layer has taped seams to prevent water penetration. Grundéns.

Ceramic Composite Armor
Lightweight small-boat armor panels provide customized armor protection levels according to mission-specific requirements. The add-on, modular panels are resistant to environmental degradation and incidental damage, said the company. Ceradyne Inc.

Unmanned Surface Vessel
The standard Sentinel features an unsinkable foam-cored, self-bailing hull with commercial-grade fiberglass laminate; onboard computers, telemetry and communications systems; GPS; anti-porpoising and organic seaway navigation; and sonar and radar for selected activities. Accurate Automation Corp.

CAD/CAM Vessel Design Program
Autoload® Version 6 is the latest generation of the company’s 3D-based onboard stability and strength-simulation/monitoring program, they said. The latest version features a pull-down menu that shows the vessel’s stability according to Norwegian Maritime Directorate regulations. Autoship Systems Corp.

Underwater Lighting System
Producing 2,000 lumens of light from each head with a burn time of 75 minutes on high, the Sunray 2000 is the brightest solid-state underwater lighting system available to the consumer market, the company said. It is smaller and lighter than its closest HID competition and delivers longer burn times and more light, they continued. Light & Motion.

AOP Data Processing System
ProSoft 8.0 produces water-leaving radiances from classical single-cast profiles, surface float casts and a new multicast technique. It has a number of characteristics that improve water-leaving radiance calculations, including normalization of profiles for incident irradiance, automated extrapolation depth selection, data filtering and user-selectable extraterrestrial solar irradiance. Satlantic Inc.

GNSS/DGPS Services
C-Nav® Net-2 precise-point positioning service provides the same level of service as the C-Nav Net-1, according to the company. When Net-1 and Net-2 are used together, all single points of failure are eliminated, which doubles the user’s confidence without doubling the cost, they continued. C & C Technologies Inc.