ATI has won a competitive contract from the USMC for the supply of two small and lightweight directional wave monitoring buoys. The new buoys, called TRIAXYS™ Mini, have been designed to provide highly accurate and reliable wave data while being easy to deploy on short term USMC assignments. The TRIAXYS™ Mini weighs in at 60 kg, is 0.60m in diameter, and can easily be deployed by two people from a variety of vessels. The buoy is powered by a series of lithium battery packs. The TRIAXYS™ Mini gives USMC and clients worldwide a smaller and lighter wave buoy option.

The buoy uses proven technology found in ATI’s TRIAXYS™ directional wave sensor and data logger. The TRIAXYS™ Mini will transmit data to USMC via radio telemetry. Waveview™ software, provided by ATI, provides a convenient user interface for display of the resulting wave data. The buoy can be deployed in various depths of water, and can be monitored using ATI’s Watchcircle alarm feature, which notifies a user should the buoy drift from its moored position.

Successful field trials conducted by ATI during July and August 2005 confirmed 100% data return rates. The buoys have passed factory testing and have recently been delivered to USMC. Terms of the contract have not been provided.

AXYS Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes and maintains remote environmental data acquisition, processing and telemetry systems. For further information contact AXYS at info@axystechnologies.com or www.axystechnologies.com . Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the largest and one of the busiest expeditionary training facilities on the West Coast. Encompassing more than 125,000 acres of Southern California terrain it offers a broad spectrum of training facilities for many active and reserve Marine, Army and Navy units, as well as national, state and local agencies. For further information research www.pendleton.usmc.mil/