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Editorial .......................................................7 Soundings ...................................................9 Capital Report ...........................................43 Ocean Business .........................................44 International ..............................................46 Offshore Oil & Ocean Engineering ............48 Navy Currents ...........................................49 Product Development ...............................50 Ocean Research ........................................52 Marine Electronics .....................................54 Marine Resources ......................................55 Environmental Monitoring .........................56 Marine Renewables ...................................58 Meetings ...................................................60 Contracts ...................................................61 People .......................................................62 ST Looks Back ...........................................63 Soapbox ....................................................65 Professional Services Directory ..................66 Advertiser Index ........................................70 COVER — The future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Mississippi. The ship, a Flight IIA destroyer, will be equipped with Aegis Baseline 9, which incor- porates integrated air and missile defense and enhanced ballistic missile defense capabilities. DDG-51-class ships are integral players in global maritime security, engaging in air, undersea, surface, strike and ballistic missile defense. (Photo Credit: Huntington Ingalls Industries) NEXT MONTH — Scubaphone for underwater communication. ... New 100-t waterbag to speed up and simplify dockside load testing. ... Autonomous optical imaging systems. ... Underwater mass spectrometers. ... ClassNK-NAPA GREEN system. ... Observation buoy to support development of an offshore wind farm off Virginia Beach. ... RNAV2 technology. ... Conference Previews: Euromaritime, Underwater Intervention and Oceanology International North America 2017. November 2016, Volume 57, No. 11 Visit our website at www.sea-technology.com for online versions of feature articles and news departments. The editorial staff can be contacted at oceanbiz@sea-technology.com. 10 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM FOR CANADIAN SUB FLEET Dr. Xavier Cyril (L-3 MAPPS), David Millan (National Research Council) and Patrick Larose (Royal Canadian Navy) explore how the Canadian government and industry partnered to develop and test upgrades to submarines. 14 OCEANS'16 MTS/IEEE MONTEREY — Conference Review 16 NEW-GENERATION REMUS 100 AUV Dr. Sandor Becz (Hydroid Inc.) gives an overview of the REMUS 100 AUV's updates. 19 HYPACK 2017 — Conference Preview 21 SEA WASP COMBATS UNDERWATER TERRORISM Jon Kaufmann (Saab North America) and Chris Lade (Saab Seaeye U.K.) preview the Sea Wasp and how the ROV detects and handles improvised explosive devices. 25 UNMANNED SYSTEMS FOR MARITIME DEFENSE Elad Aharonson (Elbit Systems) talks about the Seagull USV and Skylark C Mini UAS and their multimission roles in battle-space scenarios. 29 SUSTAINABLE OCEAN SUMMIT 2016 — Conference Preview 30 MANNED SUB FOR ARGENTINA COAST GUARD Charles Kohnen (SEAmagine Hydrospace Corp.) and Christian Haag (Mariscope) give an overview of the Ocean Pearl HOV for search and rescue and science exploration. 33 GAME-BASED NAVAL TRAINING Dr. Katelyn Procci, Gabriel Velasco and Louis Y. Valsaint (Cubic Studio) explore teaching U.S. Navy personnel with virtual reality. 37 FLOODING SIMULATIONS AND FORENSIC EXPERTISE Anthony York (Brookes Bell) talks about flooding simulations to help effective crisis planning for flooding incidents to increase vessel safety. 40 REFURBISHING VESSELS FOR UK FLEET Nick Burnham (freelancer) discusses challenges facing two vessels after refurbishment. SeaBat T50, Courtesy of Hamburg Port Authority New SeaBat T50-R Ultrahigh resolution multibeam echosounder with built-in INS A member of Teledyne Marine Teledyne RESON The SeaBat T50-R is the latest addition to the world-leading SeaBat T-series platform. The extremely compact and flexible rack-mounted sonar system with a built-in INS allows for fast mobilization, minimal interfacing and extremely low space requirements. The class leading unprecedented clean data and ultra-high data quality provides survey deliverables faster than ever before. Read more at www.teledyne-reson.com Faster than ever survey deliverables