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Gaining further ground into the offshore crane market, Delta "T" Systems supplied Cranston Eagle hooks to crane manufacturer Appleton Marine, Inc. These cranes and hooks will be used on medium endurance cutters and national security cutters to move small boats into the water from bigger ships and to load cargo. With these cutters used by the US Coast Guard, Appleton Marine needed hooks that met the USCG's specific requirements. That's why the crane manufacturer's FB20-21 and FB90-28 crane models employ Cranston Eagle hooks.

The Department of Defense award Metron Inc. a contract for development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV). Metron, Inc., of Reston, Va.,is being awarded a $7,287,619 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract  to include in-lab integration and testing of autonomy and mission planning software with bench test hardware selected for deployment on the LDUUV. This one-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $18,317,018. Work will be performed in Reston, Va., (80 percent), and Alameda, Calif.(20 percent), and work is expected to be completed March 26, 2014. If options are exercised work will continue through March 2016.

Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA announced has signed a Heads of Agreement to acquire 60 percent of a new Subsea Services company against investment within the company. The company will be renamed to Oceanteam Subsea Services Ltd. The company has been recently founded by a team of subsea services experts headed by Graeme Kidd with an excellent track record within the Offshore Service Industry. Graeme Kidd has been working in the subsea industry for over 25 years and still retains an enthusiasm for the industry and its entrepreneurial approach to the delivery of problem solutions. The new company brings together a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable individuals who are of the view that they have novel innovation to offer the market place.