Marine Advanced Research

Small company based in California

Agile

Proven track record of continuing

innovation

Our History

Founded in 2004

Funded by Silicon Valley angel investors

Sponsored by major corporations

Supported by ONR and NAVSEA

contracts

What We Do

We have created a new class of water craft

WAM-V®

Wave Adaptive Modular Vessels

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WAM-Vs Are

Light weight and shallow draft

Stable and seaworthy

Helicopter-like

Modular

Scalable

12’ WAM-V USV

Latest Innovation: 33’ WAM-V USV

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Latest Innovation: 33’ WAM-V USV

Can fold and reduce its footprint

by 70%

Fits on a trailer or in a standard 20’

container

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The Challenge:

Reliable, low cost, 24/7, unmanned

“eyes and ears” along our coasts for

Surveillance

Enforcement of MPAs and other zones

Oceanographic research

Disaster assessment, assistance and recovery

The Challenge: an example

MPAs:

Short term effort: Establishing a new MPA

(including a limited or no take fishing zone)

Long term effort: Enforcing the boundaries

and protecting these areas -- a costly

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The Challenge: an example

MPAs:

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Today= <1% of the world’s oceans. By 2020 = 20%

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“In recent years some very large offshore

protected areas have been established …

through the efforts of several international

organizations.

Without effective enforcement

however, these remote managed areas will

remain no more than paper management

plans and paper parks.

Surveillance and Enforcement of Remote Maritime Areas

2010 Report by the Marine Conservation Biology Institute

The Solution

A low cost, unmanned vessel that

provides 24/7 local surveillance

with interdiction capabilities.

Why WAM-V USVs are the answer

Minimal environmental impact: light

weight, low draft, low fuel consumption.

Extended area of operation: from very

shallow water to open ocean.

Why WAM-V USVs are the answer

Stable platform for video surveillance.

Low acquisition and maintenance cost

thanks to vessel’s characteristics and

modularity.

Missing Link

Virtually limitless endurance:

With energy harvesting the WAM-V®

will provide unlimited endurance

and station-keeping abilities in

addition to speed.

Full Solution

Savannah Ocean Exchange and the

Navigator Award can help create the

missing link toward a full solution.

Additional Applications

Operation in Tight Spaces

Ports

Rivers

Launch and Recovery of UUVs / ROVs

from the WAM-V’s

elevated central

structure

Manatee / Whale Speed Zone Enforcement

Oceanographic Research

Deployment/ret

rieval of

oceanographic

sensors

Disaster assessment and recovery

with radiation detection

equipment or sensors to

track oil in the water

column, etc.

Humanitarian aid

Barriers to entry

Resistance to change

Mistrust of novelty

Risk Avoidance

Our challenge: demonstrate

that our solution is the best

Can we implement the solution?

We can produce any prototype in-house

WAM-Vs can be assembled and/or built

almost anywhere in the world

We have developed strategic

relationships with key suppliers

Once the technology is established,

we plan to move to a licensing

business model

Summary

Marine Advanced Research has

created a new vessel class.

WAM-Vs offer unique possibilities

to meet environmental, research

and humanitarian needs.

Conclusion

Energy harvesting multiplies the

effectiveness of the WAM-V

technology.

Savannah’s Ocean Exchange and the

Navigator Award can be the key to

this multiplier.

Thank you!