http://blog.marport.com Happenings From the World of Deep Sea Technology Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:19:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marport newest product, AquaPix, has been featured in the July issue of UT3, the online magazine of the Society for Underwater Technology. AquaPix® is a new interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar targeted to mine countermeasures, hydrography, seabed survey and other underwater imaging markets. It is the latest product to be based ... http://blog.marport.com/2011/06/29/marport-featured-in-july-issue-of-ut3/ [caption id="attachment_2079" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Prime Minster Harper, Defence Minister Mackay and Senator Manning visit the underwater robotics group in St. John’s, Newfoundland."][/caption] On February 11, 2011, the Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter McKay, P.C., M.P. and Senator ... http://blog.marport.com/2011/02/22/prime-minister-of-canada-visits-marports-underwater-robotics-group/ The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) visited National Research Council Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC-IOT) in St. John’s, Newfoundland yesterday.  The purpose of his visit was to announce $135 million to support community-based technology partnerships across Canada, including $6.3 million for the institute. The federal government ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/06/25/2062/ The Managing Director and Operations Manager of Geodetic Offshore Services Limited (GOSL), Nigeria visited Marport’s St. John’s office from March 15 to 17.  The purpose of their visit was to demonstrate progress on the development of Marport’s SQX Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) program. Last year, GOSL purchased a SQX-500 UUV, to ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/03/22/marport-completes-successful-in-water-tests-of-sqx-uuv/ An article about Marport’s SQX Unmanned Underwater Vehicle program is now available on the NRC website at: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/nrc/2010/03/01/marport.html Highlights - Sonar company sounds out new markets March 1, 2010 A small unmanned submarine with cutting-edge manoeuvring and sonar capabilities is set to dive into new commercial and defence markets. St. John's-based ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/03/19/2040/ http://blog.marport.com/2010/03/02/marport-accepts-innovation-award-from-national-research-council/ Marport will be exhibiting at the Oceanology International 2010 exhibition being held in London’s ExCel conference centre from March 9 – 11th. Oceanology International (OI)  is the world’s premier meeting place for the marine science and ocean technology community. OI hosts over 500 suppliers of products and services from around the ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/03/01/marport-to-exhibit-at-oceanology-2010/ France's European affairs chief Pierre Lellouche on Feb. 24 tried to reassure ex-Soviet Baltic states that his country's possible sale of a warship to Russia does not pose a security threat. Lellouche told Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in Vilnius that "the ship would be sold to Russia as a civil vessel, ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/02/26/france-reassures-baltics-over-russian-ship-deal/ Lying beneath the ocean is spectacular terrain ranging from endless chains of mountains and isolated peaks to fiery volcanoes and black smokers exploding with magma and other minerals from below Earth's surface. This mountainous landscape, some of which surpasses Mt. Everest heights and the marine life it supports, is the ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/02/25/seamount-scientists-offer-new-comprehensive-view-of-deep-sea-mountains/ For the first time this year, the Colombian Navy found and destroyed a semi-submersible drug smuggling boat. This one was found near the Ecuador border, and was nearly 17 meters (55 feet) long and capable of carrying at least eight tons of cocaine. Troops also found a workshop and a ... http://blog.marport.com/2010/02/24/the-battle-for-the-east-pacific/