Exhibition and Networking Event Agenda
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM - Marine Technology Exhibits
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM - Marine Technology Exhibits, Networking, and Maryland Crab Feast
Symposium guests include representatives from the U.S. Navy, NAVSEA, SOCOM, NASA, NSA, and U.S. Airforce, MTS members, Oceaneering employees, clients, maritime businesses, academia, and military service members.
Foreign nationals may be in attendance.
This Year’s Exhibitors
3D at Depth, Inc.
3D at Depth, Inc. is the world's leading expert in subsea LiDAR laser technology. Our advanced subsea LiDAR laser (SL) systems and subsea survey support services help customers transform the value of underwater 3D data. From data collection and processing, through visualization and analysis, 3D at Depth delivers precise, accurate, repeatable, millimetric 3D point clouds to measure, map and evaluate underwater assets and environments.
BIRNS, Inc.
Established in 1954, BIRNS is an AS9100 certified global leader in the design and manufacturing of high performance connectors, penetrators and cable assemblies for deep ocean use. BIRNS solutions are found worldwide on ROVs, AUVs and UUVs; and on everything from massive crewed systems to photonics masts and intricate towed arrays. Connectivity solutions include 6km-rated open face RF assemblies with -0.35dB attenuation/ 1.2 VSWR at 3GHz, assemblies with data transfer speeds of 9.4 Gp/s, and 6km-rated optical assemblies with insertion losses of ≤ -0.1 dB at 1° C. All deliver superior performance: faster data transfer for better telemetry and communications, and safer, more reliable power distribution.
Cathx Ocean
Cathx Ocean are pioneers of the most advanced subsea optical solutions for visual perception and automation on UUVs.
We have taken our experience and knowledge and have developed a sensor agnostic edge based processing and event detection platform for UUV autonomy.
We work closely with our customers to address the challenges in collection and processing large amounts of data from underwater vehicles in the optical and non-optical domains.
We provide technology solutions to extract information as early and efficiently as possible during an AUV mission so that our clients can focus their efforts on using it to make better decisions earlier.
Chance Maritime Technologies, LLC
Chance Maritime Technologies provides Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) as a service and specializes in the design, build, operation, and leasing of uncrewed boats to commercial, government, and academic clients. Chance Maritime’s team of experts have over 85 years of combined experience in uncrewed design and operations. Experienced ASV/USV operators, engineers, and software developers ensure quality, precise solutions to meet customer needs. For more information, visit:
CMT Materials – Engineered Syntactic Systems
Engineered Syntactic Systems, (ESS), is a global leader in high-performance buoyancy solutions for subsea and oceanographic environments. We are exclusively focused on the design, engineering and manufacturing of superior quality syntactic foam. We offer a range of products and services for use in water depths ranging from several hundred meters to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Our products are available in a broad range of densities and can be purchased in a variety of standard or custom shapes, finishes, and sizes. We also fabricate syntactic and composite/syntactic structures and assemblies for complete turnkey solutions.
Coastal Monitoring Alliance
Coastal Monitoring Alliance designs and deploys small advanced uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) for comprehensive water column and seafloor data collection. With its small size it can be easily transported and deployed by a single operator, making it ideal for rapid response or routine monitoring operations. Our USVs are equipped with an automated reel system for precise, high-resolution measurements throughout the water column or at fixed distances from the seafloor. We provide critical environmental monitoring solutions through data as a service tailored to research and industry needs.
Crystal Group, Inc.
Crystal Group, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance rugged compute solutions that deliver unmatched reliability for demanding edge applications in extreme environments. This small, employee-owned business specializes in customizing servers, embedded computers, networking devices, displays, and data storage that meet or exceed IEEE, IEC, and military standards. NIST compliant and AS9100D certified.
DeTect, Inc.
DeTect, Inc specializes in design, production, delivery and installation of advanced 2D and True3D™ radar and related remote sensing technologies and systems. DeTect continues to develop MERLIN bird monitoring and mitigation systems (BMMS) for wind energy developers, owners, operators and environmental consultants for bird and bat surveys, mortality risk assessments, operational monitoring and real-time risk mitigation. DeTect also developed HARRIER Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS), which provides reliable, continuous 360-degree radar surveillance of the airspace around wind farms, automatically issuing signals to activate obstruction lighting when aircraft are detected at a defined outer perimeter.
Fire Security, Inc.
Fire Security delivers non-toxic coating solutions for fire protection, repair and life extension of electrical, signal and control cables.
- FS coated cables function for more than 1 hour in hydrocarbon fires (2000 F). Fire resistant / retardant cables only lasts minutes in such temperatures.
- The non-toxic coating prevents release of smoke/toxic gases. Limited need for replacement after a fire.
- FS coating extends the life of cables up to 25 years.
- Cable upgrading can be done in full operation with no down time.
- The system is approved by leading international classifications societies and authorities, including US Navy (009-32).
Forcys, Inc.
Forcys is a global maritime defense company with 50 years' domain expertise. Backed by our technology partners Sonardyne, Voyis, EIVA, Wavefront, and Chelsea Technologies, we deliver mission-shaped solutions for undersea warfare. Integrating navigation, positioning, communications, imaging, sonar, and full-spectrum mission software systems for unmanned maritime systems and seafloor sensor networks.
Glenair
Glenair excels in the design and manufacture of high-pressure, underwater connectors and cable assemblies for electrical and fiber optic applications. Our Pressure Balanced Oil Filled (PBOF) cable assemblies feature swivel attachments to address issues like kinked hoses, leaky fittings, and corrosion. We offer a range of PBOF and depth-rated assemblies for deep-sea applications, supported by a team of subsea industry experts. Our products also include miniaturized connectors for pipeline inspection and composite thermoplastic connectors for anti-cathodic delamination. All connectors are rigorously tested in our advanced hydrostatic lab, ensuring they meet stringent pressure, durability, shock, and salt spray corrosion standards.
HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 is a defense technology leader providing pervasive knowledge of human activity, behavior, and situational trends derived from revolutionary radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence. HawkEye 360’s innovative satellite constellation detects, characterizes, and geolocates a broad range of RF signals. The large footprint and frequent revisit of HawkEye 360’s space-based sensing provide a unique point of view not fulfilled by terrestrial or airborne assets. HawkEye 360’s RF data and analytics create an information advantage – a true first step to a new discovery. This equips analysts to detect the first glimpse of suspicious behavior, trace the first sign of enemy activity, and reveal the first sighting of ships attempting to hide. HawkEye 360’s RF intelligence presents a quicker grasp of critical events and patterns of life, providing early warnings to drive tip-and-cue efforts, and providing global leaders the insights needed to make decisions with confidence.
Joseph Oat Corporation
Founded in 1788, Joseph Oat has been a family owned and operated business for over 230 years. We are engineers, designers, and fabricators of critical products for the chem/petrochemical, offshore oil & gas, DOD, DOE, nuclear power, radioactive waste, and other industries. These products include heat exchangers, complex pressure vessels, vacuum chambers, hyperbaric chambers, and other specialty fabrications. Our material capabilities include stainless steel, copper alloys, 600/800 "super" alloys, titanium, and others,
including weld overlays and explosive clad metals. We possess ASME Section VIII 'U'/'U-2' and Section I ‘S’ stamps, and nuclear Section III 'N'/'NPT'/'NS'/'NA' stamps. We hold membership in ASME, TEMA, HTRI, AISC and EWI.
Kraken Robotics
Kraken Robotics is a marine technology company providing complex subsea sensors, batteries, and robotic systems. Our high-resolution 3D acoustic imaging solutions and services enable clients to overcome the challenges in our oceans – safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Our innovative products, services and solutions are chosen by clients across Military and Defense, Offshore Energy and Ocean Exploration markets and other commercial survey applications worldwide.
We are world-leading innovators of Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) – a revolutionary underwater imaging technology providing ultra-high-resolution imagery at superior coverage rates which dramatically improves seabed surveys. Find out more: https://krakenrobotics.com/products/synthetic-aperture-sonar/
With the 2021 acquisition of PanGeo Subsea, now called Kraken Robotics Services, today Kraken also provides subsea Robotics as a Service (RaaS) capabilities including geophysical surveys and 2 sonar surveys. Kraken’s highly skilled team manages the project’s planning, subsea surveys, and delivers a complete data package to the customer. https://krakenrobotics.com/our-services/
Kraken Robotics is headquartered in Canada and has offices in North and South America and Europe. Kraken is ranked as a Top 100 marine technology company by Marine Technology Reporter.
KRK Consultants Ltd.
KRK Consultants Ltd. is a company providing on-site consulting in coastal and ocean regions, using autonomous systems for environmental measurements, including PAM (Passive Acoustic Measurement). KRK, with their underwater acoustic expertise, is able to help clients with measurements and analyses needed for infrastructural improvements in inland waterways.
MacArtney, Inc.
MacArtney is a global supplier of underwater technology products and systems. We specialize in the design, manufacture, sales, and service of a wide range of systems for oil and gas offshore operators, ROV, diving, and survey contractors, the renewable energy sector, ocean science institutes, and navies worldwide.
MacArtney designs and manufactures state-of-the-art connectivity solutions. Key technologies include wet- and dry-mateable power, signal and optical connector solutions, terminations and penetrators, under the renowned SubConn®, TrustLink and OptoLink brands, GreenLink termination solutions and subsea cables from leading manufacturers.
Marine Technology Society
MTS creates opportunities through networking, events, mentorship, and career advancement. Our vision is to be the leading authority and advocate for marine technology and resources while promoting member success and public understanding.
- Facilitate a broader understanding of the relevance of marine technology to wider global issues by enhancing the dissemination of marine technology information.
- Promote and improve marine technology and related educational programs.
- Advance the development of the tools and procedures required to explore, study and further the responsible and sustainable use of the oceans.
Ocean Exchange, Inc.
Ocean Exchange is a global ecosystem whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable blue economy. We fulfill this mission through a rigorous, multi-level program that includes annual monetary awards, promoting registered Solutions Inspiring Action across multiple communication channels and facilitating access to a global network of experts from around the world. This network is the heart of our ecosystem that encourages and supports pioneering companies focused on the development and commercialization of breakthrough technologies.
Okeanus
Okeanus is an Advanced Ocean Systems (AOS) company specializing in the design, production and testing of winches and launch and recovery system, including automated systems for uncrewed vehicles. With our affiliate companies at AOS, we plan, design, develop, fabricate, test, field, and install integrated solutions for USVs, UUVs, crewed platforms and subsea infrastructure. We offer a spectrum of capabilities to the DOD market including automated deployment/retrieval systems, winches, USVs, ROVs, subsea cable systems and sensor arrays, and associated program management, field support, and sustainment.
RobotX at George Mason University
RobotX at George Mason University is a multidisciplinary group of students and faculty from the College of Engineering and Computing with a passion for designing and developing intelligent vehicles that can seamlessly navigate the maritime environment. The team is based out of the Vessel Dynamics Laboratory at Mason’s Potomac Science Center on the Occoquan River. We are competing in the 2024 RobotX competition in Sarasota, Florida.
Saildrone
Saildrone provides comprehensive, real-time data solutions for maritime security, seafloor mapping, and ocean research. Proprietary software and machine learning transform that data into actionable insights and intelligence. Saildrone’s fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), powered by renewable wind and solar power, are designed to scale ocean data collection with a minimum carbon footprint. Saildrone USVs operate 24/7/365 without the need for a crewed support vessel. The Saildrone fleet has sailed more than 1,300,000 nautical miles and spent over 42,000 days at sea in the harshest ocean conditions on the planet.
Sequoia Scientific, Inc.
Sequoia is the global leader in technologies for submersible and field measurements of suspended particles, particle size distributions and water optical properties. The technology makes superior real-time measurements with repeatable accuracy. Installations range from shipboard research labs, fixed moorings, unmanned vehicles, remote monitoring stations and more. Sequoia maintains a longstanding history of optical sensor development in support of oceanographic research often funded through the SBIR grant program. Today these efforts are supporting the development and validation of data products from current and future hyperspectral remote sensing missions managed by NASA and the global scientific community.
SIDUS Solutions, LLC
We are a full-service manufacturer offering integrated subsea hazardous area security and surveillance solutions, from conceptual design through engineering to technical and client support. Our subsea products are operational to depths exceeding 6,500m. Worldwide, SIDUS serves the oil, gas, academic, scientific & military industries. SIDUS is unique to the market in the fact that we offer EPCi-Engineering, Procurement, Construction & installation support with the capability to interface/integrate our systems with all of the major automation/PLC/SCADA systems.
Sofar Ocean
Sofar Ocean is connecting the world's oceans to power a more sustainable future. Sofar's Spotter buoy platform reduces the cost and complexity of measuring waves, temperature, water level, currents, water quality, underwater acoustics, and more. Sofar also offers global marine weather forecasts and weather-based route optimization software.
South Bay Cable
Since 1957, South Bay Cable designs, manufactures and tests specialized electro-optical-mechanical cables for use in demanding marine environments. Our cables tackle stringent customer requirements which include ROV tether and umbilical cables; towed array cables; Mux BOP control cables; video Inspection; faired cables; and a host of other customer-specific applications.
SubSeaSail®, Inc.
SubSeaSail®, Inc. is developing disruptively affordable, long-duration (1-6+ months), multi-mission Autonomous Undersea & Surface Vessels (AUSVs). We have 2 lines of 100% energy harvesting (wind/solar), ultra-low-signature AUSVs (HORUS™ for observation & HERMES™ for cargo/energy) that can submerge & function in contested environments. These are dual use vehicles positioned at the intersection of autonomy, Big Data/AI, BlueTech, CleanTech, DefenseTech and Robotics. They will be important in the academic /commercial sectors but will also help re-define the future of warfighting in the ocean battlespace. We have 10 issued patents in Australia, Europe and the U.S. and 6 patents pending.
VideoRay
A pioneering leader in underwater robotics, VideoRay is dedicated to creating exceptionally innovative ROVs tailored for subsea inspection, intervention, and exploration purposes. With over 4000 vehicles delivered to date, this cutting-edge technology finds applications worldwide across a diverse range of industries, playing pivotal roles in missions vital for defense, homeland security, search and rescue, infrastructure inspection, offshore energy, and beyond.
WSense
At WSense, we specialize in underwater Wi-Fi, providing real-time monitoring and data collection for various applications such as environmental monitoring, underwater infrastructure inspection, and maritime security.
