SAIC to Provide Additional Easy-to-Deploy Tsunami Buoy Systems to Australia
Next Generation Tsunami Buoy System Successfully Deployed in the Coral Sea
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of two additional next generation Easy-to-Deploy (ETD) Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART®) buoy systems by the Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia.
Production of the two additional systems for Australia comes after the first successful deployment of an SAIC ETD DART® in 4,500 meters of seawater in the Coral Sea on August 27, 2010. The systems will become an important component of the Australian tsunami detection network which currently includes seven buoy systems operating in the Indian Ocean, Fiji Basin, Coral and Tasman Seas.
During the last five years, NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) developed the next-generation ETD DART® tsunami buoy system. This year SAIC produced the first commercial prototype of the system through a license agreement with NOAA-PMEL. The ETD DART® brings a new complementary capability to the proven SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) product line. Its mooring is designed to be deployed by a vessel as small as a commercial fishing boat, requires fewer trained personnel, and can be deployed in only a few minutes. In the right oceanographic conditions, the ETD DART® can be deployed in lieu of an STB.
The new system consists of a modular surface buoy subsystem, a single pressure vessel integrated bottom pressure recorder (BPR) subsystem, and a self-deploying mooring and anchor subsystem. As a result of engineering improvements and incorporation of improved technology, reductions in the overall size and weight of the ETD DART® have been accomplished while maintaining DART® performance standards.
"We are excited to be adding the SAIC ETD DART® system to our tsunami buoy network," said Ross Hibbins, Supervisor of Instrument Engineering, Australia Bureau of Meteorology. "They will provide the ability to deploy a proven and reliable system quickly using a small fast ship of opportunity, thus reducing typical large ship charter-hire costs."
The two systems will be delivered to the Bureau of Meteorology in December 2010 with one scheduled for deployment in the Indian Ocean, south of Bali, after the beginning of the new year.
"With the highly successful deployment of the first SAIC ETD DART® in the Coral Sea in September 2010, commercial availability of the system now provides an important option when deciding on a tsunami assessment buoy capability," said Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We look forward to making this innovative technology available to the global tsunami scientific community and developing variants of the platform for other ocean observation applications."
About SAIC
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