S ound Ocean Systems, Inc ( SOSI ) is a woman-owned, small business incorporated in 1978 with one goal: provide quality marine systems, components and designs at realistic costs through innovative engineering, design and manufacturing. Since then, our talented staff has worked closely with our clients, providing them with reliable, cost-effective solutions for marine operations. SOSI designs, engineers and manufactures equipment for international clientele such as academic institutions, government agencies, fishing industries and private companies. SOSI products are used in a variety of marine fields such as oceanographic, meteorological data gathering, seafloor mapping, survey, underwater cable burial, trenching, ocean mining, military and port security. Used under the most severe conditions, our systems have performed at depths in excess of 5000 meters. SOSI handling systems routinely perform in Sea State 5. SOSI has an excellent national and international reputation for innovation and quality and was awarded the Marine Technology Society Compass Industrial Business Award in 1999. Our Philosophy Complete Solutions, Custom to Your Needs - Every marine project, from cable installation to academic research, offers its own unique challenges, be it in the technical, costing or delivery requirements that must be overcome and met with complete customer satisfaction. SOSI offers complete solutions, custom for our clients needs. SOSI is 9001: 2008 registered and offers an experienced team of engineers, designers and technical support services including: feasibility studies, conceptual and detail design, engineering, project management, and certified processes. We utilize a small, highly trained staff that has practical field operations experience and in-depth design, system integration and engineering expertise. Our small staff allows us to focus on our clients projects, on realizing their custom designs and meeting the most demanding requirements. The SOSI staff takes a team approach to every project working closely with each customer to meet their project requirements. We exercise strict quality control through all stages of system and component manufacture. Our approach allows us to design and produce reliable, effective systems and components for our customers at the best possible cost. SOSI maintains a long-term commitment to their customers, working closely with customers in the field we provide scheduled and emergency field service, repair and parts for our clients. SOSIs custom and standard product portfolio includes: deck equipment such as winches, launch and recovery, linear cable traction machines, operation, storage and berthing vans: in water systems such as ROVs, high and low speed tow bodies ( towfish ), underwater instrument housings, variable ballast systems and moisture detectors: sea floor systems such as ocean mining and cable embedment equipment, and 3-axis inclinometers: ocean observation systems such as data buoys, moorings, instrumented moored systems, telemetry, GPS, data loggers, water column profiling systems, bottom platforms, underwater video and camera systems and other specialized marine and subsea equipment, software and electronics. No matter how unique or challenging the project, SOSI can provide you with the marine equipment you need to accomplish your mission.