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Scientific Solutions is currently in development and
testing of a new application for our active SONAR
systems: the protective monitoring of marine life near
oceanic installations. This application has the
potential to revolutionize the way we operate undersea
equipment in both near-shore and off-shore settings and
enable the responsible and safe utilization of the
natural resources.
Inspired by our work on intruder and
terrorist detection SONAR networks and the need to
protect marine mammals in the face of increasing demands
on ocean resources, we are applying many of our existing
technologies to specialized active SONAR systems for the
detection and tracking of marine mammals to mitigate the
risk of negative impacts from in-ocean operations such
as renewable power generation.
The first installation of such a
system is currently undergoing testing in conjunction
with the Ocean Renewable Power Company's beta TideGen
tidal power generator installation in Eastport, Maine -
the largest ocean power generator deployment in the US
history. This installation is currently utilizing our
existing swimming intruder SONAR node design and has
already been successfully utilized to track targets
mimicking marine mammals down to the size of pinnipeds.
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