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ThayerMahan Partners with University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Collaboration focuses on the advancement of ocean mapping and hydrography

Groton, Connecticut (February 10, 2022) – ThayerMahan, Inc., a world leader in autonomous maritime solutions, established a collaborative partnership with the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC). CCOM/JHC is a formal cooperative partnership between the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was founded in 1999 with two main objectives—to develop tools to advance ocean mapping and hydrography, and to train the next generation of hydrographers and ocean mappers. CCOM, a complementary university center in the UNH School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, expands the scope of ocean mapping interaction and collaboration with the private sector, other government agencies, and other universities.
 
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The partnership developed after the two organizations worked together at sea.  Representatives from ThayerMahan and CCOM/UNH deployed with a SeaScout system on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during the EX-19-04 2019 Technology Demonstration. During the expedition, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) data was collected over a series of underwater cultural heritage locations off the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Coasts. ThayerMahan provided local command and control of the SeaScout system from the ship and demonstrated remote command and control from their Operations Center in Groton, Connecticut. The shipwreck image can be seen below.
  

Michael Connor, ThayerMahan's President and CEO stated,
ThayerMahan is excited to exchange ideas with CCOM and its partners and to work with them on research projects. This partnership is an important step towards high-resolution, high-speed ocean mapping and hydrography.”

Larry Mayer, CCOM Director/JHC Co-Director stated,
CCOM is very excited about this new partnership.  We have long focused on exploring new and innovative approaches to hydrography and ocean mapping.  Bringing the extraordinary capabilities of SAS into this domain is an important step forward and we look forward to a productive collaboration with ThayerMahan.”