Kongsberg Mesotech
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Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd, based in Port Coquitlam, BC
, Canada
, is a part of Kongsberg Maritime
, a subsidiary of Norwegian
industrial concern Kongsberg Gruppen
. Mesotech make underwater surveillance
and advanced frogman
detection sonar
systems.
Among other products, they make the SM2000 and DDS 9000 sonar apparatus, both are part of the
UPSS/IAS
frogman detector system.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, is a part of Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg Maritime is a Norwegian technology enterprise within the Kongsberg Gruppen . Kongsberg Maritime deliver systems for positioning, surveying, navigation and automation to merchant vessels and offshore installations...
, a subsidiary of Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
industrial concern Kongsberg Gruppen
Kongsberg Gruppen
Kongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in Kongsberg, a former mining town....
. Mesotech make underwater surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
and advanced frogman
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained to scuba diving or swim underwater in a military capacity which can include combat. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver or combatant diver or combat swimmer....
detection sonar
Sonar
Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...
systems.
Among other products, they make the SM2000 and DDS 9000 sonar apparatus, both are part of the
UPSS/IAS
Underwater Port Security System
The Coast Guard unveiled the system in February 2005 at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in San Pedro, California.-Ship Protection System:...
frogman detector system.