Orca Maritime Announced Winner of Maritime Security Expo Best of Show


2008-10-21
During the Maritime Security Expo 2008 at the Long Beach Convention Center on October 20-21, 2008, Orca Maritime, Inc. was awarded "Best of Show Technology, Product, Services Award." The competition was established to solicit creative technology solutions from the international community of Expo exhibitors and academia for four of the highest priority technology needs for the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Department's web site. As the winner of this award, the technical paper written by Orca Maritime will be presented to the Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security....Full Story Here


Port Security: Sea mines, UWIEDs and other threats

EagleSpeak
2008-05-01
...At least one contractor is available for such work, Orca Maritime, operated by a couple of retired Navy EOD operators. Orca's "vision" is to Build the foundation for an effective underwater maritime domain security program, significantly enhancing public safety, economic stability, and environmental protection in our ports....Full Story Here


Safe Harbor: Concept to Technologies 2007 Explores Mining Threat to U.S. Ports

Story written by Ashley Lovejoy. Photos by Sandy Atkinson.
2008-02-26
...Rodgers, a retired Naval officer, teamed with fellow retired Navy officer, Kurt Nelson, to launch a mapping and survey company in San Diego. "We are trying to be a force multiplier, part of the team," Rodgers said. Orca Maritime was invited to participate as an industry partner during CONTECH 07. "We want to go into a port and map the bottom. That is going to include the bathymetry and the sonar imagery and then we're going to look at all the contacts that are down there. If there is a suspected mine-like object, then we will send the unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) out and remap the exact mission within a meter or two and then we do the change detect," Nelson said....Full Story Here