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ThayerMahan Acquires Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems (OASIS)
ThayerMahan Continues to Develop its Undersea Acoustical Expertise and Broaden its Capabilities in the Undersea Domain
Groton, Connecticut (August 3, 2020) – ThayerMahan announced today its acquisition of Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems (OASIS). Founded in 2016, ThayerMahan has rapidly grown into an industry leader in autonomous marine sensor/system solutions. Led by its visionary founder, Michael J. Connor, ThayerMahan has developed patented technology solutions in acoustics, electronic sensing, autonomy, communications and data management while providing unique MDA (Maritime Domain Awareness) solutions to a diverse body of clients in government, industry and academia.
"Acquiring OASIS is a big step for ThayerMahan. We have been working with the OASIS team for over 4 years and have tremendous respect for their skill set. They are experts in the physics of underwater sound and add considerably to our ability to produce the software that drives our autonomous maritime acoustic collection systems. When we combine OASIS scientists with ThayerMahan's expert operators, we have the ability to deploy new maritime search capabilities faster than anyone else in the business."
ThayerMahan has worked closely with OASIS in the development of cutting-edge acoustic sensor and processing technologies. Since 1990, OASIS has provided expert consulting services in all areas of underwater and airborne acoustics, noise control technologies, structural acoustics, and instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
OASIS has extensive experience performing ocean acoustic experiments in both coastal and deep water. The company has been active in a number of government-funded research efforts focused on ocean acoustics and oceanography and has developed a real-time system (patent pending) for calculating the position and the transmission loss of a programmable acoustic target. Another core service provided by OASIS has been real-time advanced signal processing utilizing state-of-the-art DSP (Digital Signal Processing) chips has been a key element applied to automated unmanned vehicles.
"My team at OASIS has developed a world class consulting firm focusing in underwater acoustic sensing technology and integration with Unmanned Undersea Vehicles. With a deep understanding of the physics of sound and its interaction with the ocean environment, we have developed state-of-the-art autonomous algorithms and implemented them into low power digital signal processors, resulting in highly competent autonomous surveillance systems. As a part of ThayerMahan, we will see our products deployed in support of government and commercial sector clients in addition to the applied naval research community that we already serve."
OASIS has provided cutting edge research on the acoustic signals produced by marine mammals to a variety of US government customers. This work has led to the development of an autonomous system to detect, classify, and locate marine mammals using acoustic sensors based on autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platforms.
ThayerMahan was represented by the firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in this transaction.
About ThayerMahan
ThayerMahan, Inc. is a maritime technology company dedicated to providing its government and commercial clients with turn-key autonomous marine solutions, including deployment, operations, data gathering and analysis services, using state-of-the-art acoustic and electronic sensors integrated on a variety of host platforms tailored to specific mission criteria. The company is headquartered in Groton, CT with satellite presences in Boston and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.thayermahan.com or contact directly at info@thayermahan.com.
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