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Corporate
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Fetch, LLC, is a small
US business devoted to the design and manufacture of Commercial
Off The Shelf (COTS) Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). We
believe AUVs are the new tool of choice for enhancing underwater
national defense, fisheries science, and coastal oceanography. Fetch!
is a carefully integrated, turn-key AUV that sets a cost-effective
standard for survey work in the coastal zone. SPI also offers custom
manufacturing and research and development expertise in the area
of large AUVs, neural network identification of sonar targets, electronics
systems integration, model fabrication, fisheries acoustics, and
towed buoy systems.
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David
Clifford
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Chris
Braly, Project Engineer
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Larry
Arnold, Senior Electrical Engineer
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University. Arnold has extensive experience in computer hardware and software development, with an emphasis on distributed embedded systems using c++ and java. An electronics hobbyist since childhood, Arnold has worked with marine and consumer electronics, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Cable television head ends and microwave systems, PC peripheral devices, Smart Cards, and Computer Telephony systems. When not geeking, he likes to spend time on one of his boats, under his jeep, playing the bassoon, or puttering in the garage with the kids.
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Tom
Richmond, Senior Systems Analyst
M.S., Computer Science, University of Tennessee. An expert
in microcontroller programming, Richmond developed robust
control, sensor instrumentation including dedicated sidescan
sonar modules, and failure recovery systems software for the
Fetch-class AUVs. Richmond has over 30 years of programming,
electronics and military experience, with 16 years as a systems
programmer/analyst for the University of Tennessee's Computer
Center and their Administrative Systems, including overseeing
mainframe computer security. He has also worked on the interface
of computers with instrumentation for Ortec/EG&G, Tennilec,
and 3S Security Systems. Richmond's professional expertise
includes designing and troubleshooting complex systems. An
Air Force veteran (Missile Launch Specialist), he enjoys sailing
and SCUBA diving.
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| Strategic
Business Allies |
The businesses listed below work closely
with us to deliver AUV custom solutions.
| Science Applications International
Corporation
Marine Science and Technologies Division
BLDG 9313, Room 125
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529
United States of America
Coastal Survey and Hydrographic Solutions, Port
and Harbor Security, Innovative Sensors and Data Management
http://www.saic.com
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| L-3 Communications
Interstate Electronics Corporation
P O Box 3117
Anaheim, California 92803-3117
United States of America
Inertial Navigation Systems, SAASM GPS, Coastal
Defense
phone: 714-758-2794 (Mr. Lonnie Morris)
http://www.l-3com.com
e-mail: lonnie.morris@l-3com.com
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| Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd.
5508 George Washington Memorial Highway
P.O. Box 730 White Marsh, Virginia 23183-0730
United States of America
Side Scan Sonar Solutions
phone: 804-693-9602 (Mr. Tom Wilcox)
(US customers only: 800-447-4804)
fax: 804-693-6785
http://www.marinesonic.com
e-mail: info@marinesonic.com
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| Northrop Grumman Newport News
4101 Washington Avenue
Newport News, Virginia 23607
United States of America
AUV Drag Reduction, Coastal Defense, Advanced
Concepts
phone: 757-380-4195 (Mr. Todd Sedler)
http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/
e-mail: todd.sedler@ngc.com
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