iXBlue introduction for the offshore market.

1. An introduction to iXBlue
Offshore Market Focus
Offshore, July 2015, J Titcomb

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Brief History
Photonetics founded in 1978
 Specializes in Fiber Optic telecom test
equipment
 Herve Lefevre publishes “The fiber-optic
gryroscope” 1993
 Photonetics sold to GN-Nettest in 2000
 iXCorp founded with profits from Photonetics
sale.
 iXSea formed in 2000 as a spin off from the
Fibre Gyro activity of Photonetics

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Early strategy & Growth
Develop products based on the unique fiber gyro technology for civilian
marine applications.
 Acquire complementary technology to supplement the product offering for
civilian markets. (Oceano 2002)
 Penetrate military markets once established
 Evolved to iXBlue in 2012
 2014 turnover > 110M€
 2014 employees 600

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iXblue Companies

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Internal Organisation
Photonics Solution Navigation Systems Acoustic Systems
Sea Operations Motion Systems Marine Works

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Market Sectors

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Worldwide Presence
• FRANCE, Marly Le Roi
Corporate Sales Office
EMEA-LATAM
• UNITED KINGDOM,
Aberdeen, Portsmouth
• THE NETHERLANDS,
Haarlem
• GERMANY, Frankfurt
• ITALY, Milan
• USA, Houston • CHINA, Beijing
• SINGAPORE, Singapore
Corporate Sales Office
APAC
• UAE, Dubai
• BRASIL, Rio de Janeiro • AUSTRALIA, Brisbane
• USA, Boston
Corporate Sales Office
NORAM
• INDIA, Delhi

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Services Training & Support
Training Courses
 In house engineering
team
 Training centres on all
continents
Sea Trials
 A range of vessels
available
 La Citotat Shipyard
 Support Team
 24/7
 +33 1 30 08 98 98
 support@ixblue.com

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Acoustic Systems Division
Photonics Solution Navigation Systems Acoustic Systems
Sea Operations Motion Systems Marine Works

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Acoustic Systems Division - Positioning

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GAPS
4,000m range USBL system
 Compatible with third party beacons
 200 degree coverage
 LUSBL capability
Pre Calibrated – save setup time
 Fully Integrated.
 Light weight
 Highly accurate – 0.06% slant range.

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POSIDONIA
 10,000m range USBL system
 LF Frequency Band
 Deployable or flush mount
 Can be supplied pre-calibrated
 Very accurate – 0.2% slant range
 Compatible with RAMSES (LF)
 100deg coverage
 LUSBL capability

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RAMSES
Acoustic Range meter with smart features
 LF or MF variant
 MF variant compatible with 3rd party beacons
 Sparse array navigation
On the fly array calibration

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Beacons and Releases

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SAMS
 Deep tow synthetic aperture sonar system.
 50cm resolution
 1500m width
 6000m depth rating
 Integrated SBP
 Integrated INS
 Modular systems available

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Echoes Sub Bottom Profilers
3500 t3 3500 t7 5000 10000
Mounting Hull or Pole Hull or Pole Tow or Vehicle Pole
Frequency 1.7-5.5kHz 1.7-5.5kHz 1-6kHz 5-15kHz
Power 2 or 4kVA 4 or 6kVA 1 or 2 kVA 2 or 4kVA
Resolution 20cm 20cm 25cm 8cm
Weight in Air / Water 160/120kg 363/265kg 83/25kg 26/13kg

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Geophysical Software
A complete range of acquisition, processing and
interpretation software
 Delph Sonar
 Delph Seismic
 Delph Mag
 Delph SAS
 Open Data formats
 Batch processing
 Very fast processing flow
 Simplified Robust data acquisition software
 3D multi-sensor data integration
 Optimized workflow for greater productivity
 Survey-scale quality control and interpretation

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Navigation Systems
Photonics Solution Navigation Systems Acoustic Systems
Sea Operations Motion Systems Marine Works

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FOG based Products
IPD Product lines
FOG50
ADVANS VEGA
QUADRANS OCTANS SURF PHINS SURF/HYDRINS
PHINS6000OCTANS3000/ROVINS
MARINS
ATLANS
OCTANS NANO
LANDINS AIRINS
FOG90 FOG120 FOG200
«Dualuse»products
Military ControlledADVANS LYRA

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Subsea Products

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OCTANS NANO
Only 5kg in water.
 True north seeking gyroscope
 Heading accuracy 0.5°*
 Pitch and roll 0.1°
4000m depth rating
 No ITAR components, managed under EAR in US

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OCTANS
Heading Pitch Roll & Heave Data
 0.1°heading accuracy*
 0.01°Pitch and roll accuracy
 3000m depth rating
Mature product, 13 years in production

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ROVINS
Based on OCTANS hardware with INS firmware – Full INS
capability
 Position, heading, attitude, speed, depth, and heave
 0.05°heading accuracy*
 0.01°Pitch and roll accuracy
 3000m depth rating
 DVL Mounting kit available
 Position drift with DVL 0.2% distance travelled.

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PHINS
Top spec commercial INS
 Position, heading, attitude, speed, depth, and heave
 0.02°heading accuracy*
 0.01°Pitch and roll accuracy
6000m depth rating
 DVL mounting kit available
 Position drift with DVL 0.1% distance travelled.

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Marine Works
Photonics Solution Navigation Systems Acoustic Systems
Sea Operations Motion Systems Marine Works

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Marine Works
iXBlue Marine Works builds custom and semi-
custom boats
 From 16 to 55m
 Monohull, Catamaran, or Trimaran
 Full survey suites fitted
Turnkey options