
In support of Ocean Specialists, Inc (OSI) USV as a Service business line, Perry Wright (President, OSI) and Dan McLeod (VP of Government and Defense Markets, OSI) will attend the 2023 Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition in Washington, DC April 3-5. They will be on hand to discuss USV as a Service, as well as OSI’s many other capabilities.
US forces and our allies continue to demand innovative, new solutions. Dr. Jason Stack Unmanned Task Force Deputy Director stated at the PEO USC Unmanned Industry Day: the importance of “Emerging Ideas quickly with Fiscal agility including Fee for Services.” According to OSI’s Dan McLeod, VP Government and Defense Markets, OSI’s USV as a Service business line directly addresses this urgent need.
“With the Department of Defence’s continued interest in designing, developing, and integrating uncrewed platforms and role that this technology will play over the coming years, the OSI team is looking forward to an enlightening conference agenda and busy exhibition hall. As always, our thanks to the Navy league for staging this event again this year, and we looking forward to connecting with colleagues old and new in Washington DC,” said Perry Wright.
Parties interested in learning more about OSI’s USV as a Service offering are encouraged to reach out to schedule a meeting at Sea-Air-Space.

SubOptic 2023, the industry-renowned triennial submarine telecoms conference kicks off next week in Bangkok, Thailand from 13-16 March 2023. The SubOptic conference is the submarine cable industry’s longest running and most comprehensive conference series, and this year’s theme—Navigating the Open Seas: Collaboration on our Critical Infrastructure—sets out a full agenda of discussion points.

Subsea Data Systems, Inc., a partnership between Samara/Data and Ocean Specialists, Inc., is pleased to announce the completion of the first-ever SMART (Science Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications) Cable sensor system prototype. A Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program provided the necessary funds to catalyze the rapid development of a fully operational prototype system. SMART Cables include sensor-enabled repeaters (amplifiers) that will be incorporated into future trans-oceanic internet cables. The Subsea Data Systems sensor unit has been reporting continuous seismic, pressure, and temperature data to NSF’s SAGE data repository since July 2022.

As part of a multi-phase construction project, Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI) recently completed the first of a series of bathymetric surveys in support of a Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) construction project at Naval Station Newport Rhode Island.

Last month, a team of seasoned subsea engineering specialists from OSI attended the Pacific Telecommunications Conference, PTC’23, in Hawaii from January 14-19. PTC’s annual gathering is a strategic springboard for the global communications industry, providing all attendees with a four-day platform to focus on planning, networking, and discussing what lies ahead for the ICT industry.

One of the telecommunications industry’s largest conferences, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC), is due to take place in Hawaii next week. As always, the event will be attended by a team of sector experts from Ocean Specialists Inc. (OSI) led by the longtime Director of Network Operations and now company President Perry Wright. He will be accompanied by Dave Willoughby, Managing Director of Operations and Tony Mosley, Director of Business Development.

Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), a global provider of specialized subsea technical services and marine operations, today announced the appointment of Perry Wright to the role of president. Wright succeeds Jim Byous, who is retiring 19 years after taking the helm at OSI in 2003 and establishing the company as a marine project development specialist, but who will continue to serve as a board member in a non-executive advisory capacity.