ACKNOWLEDGMENTS On behalf of the Marine Technology Society, Remotely Operated Vehicle Committee, we would like to thank the following individuals and companies for contributing time and materials in the following areas, which has led to the completion of the "Operational Effectiveness of Unmanned Underwater Systems": Academic: MBARI, WHOI, FAU, MIT for the use of their web page information and photos. Special thanks to Debbie Meyer of MBARI for providing their most recent material and artwork. Acoustic Positioning: Keith Vickery of Sonardyne Inc. for making available his seminar materials on "Acoustic Positioning/Measuring Systems and Associated Redundancy and Failure Modes" . Australia ROV Research: John Penrose, Director, Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Aurtralia for his excellent input. Cables: Gary Brown and Cal Peters of South Bay Cable for their text and artwork. Cable Burial: Howie Doyle of Underwater magazine for contribution of excellent material and photos that made up the bulk of this section and AT&T for material and artwork. Cable Detection: Andy Mattice of Innovatum for his text and artwork on cable location and sensing. Inshore Operations: Dirk Rosen and Dr. Philipe Ballou of Deep Ocean Engineering for providing information and artwork. Lasers: Norm Estabrook of Science Applications International Corporation for providing the text and graphics for the section on laser line scanners. Lighting: Bob Novak of Deepsea Power & Light for providing text & graphics on underwater lighting. Manipulators: Tyler Schilling and Wes Gerriets of Schilling Robotic Systems for an excellent section on underwater manipulators Offshore Operations: Dick Frisbie and Charles Royce of Oceaneering Technologies Inc., and John Edwards and Cliff Chamblee of Canyon Offshore for their information and excellent artwork. ROVs: Perry Tritech Inc. and Dan White of Technology Systems Corp. (publisher of Ocean News and Technology magazine) for their excellent material, photographs, tables and artwork which appears throughout the entire publication. ROV Operations and Safety: Charles Royce and Oceaneering Technologies Inc., for providing their ROV operating and safety procedures; input that will benefit all who heed the cogent advice. Judith Patton of Judith Patton Public Relations for providing a copy of the Code of Practice for the Safe and Efficient Operation of Remotely Operated Vehicles. Sonar: John P. Fish of American Underwater Search & Survey (AUSS) for his contribution of text and graphics and permission to use many of the images from his excellent publication "Sound Underwater Images", which is one of the best guides to the generation and interpretation of side scan sonar data available. Space: Dick Frisbie and Oceaneering for text and artwork on ROV technology transfer to the space industry. Training: Barbara Fletcher and Imetrix for their material and artwork. Underwater Photography: Chuck Strickland and Kongsberg Simrad Ltd. for use of the material from the publication Offshore Photography (originally published by Chuck , founder of Photosea Systems Inc.. Bill Hersey of Benthos for providing material and artwork on their cameras. World Wide Web Sites: Jack Jaeger of Custom Multimedia Products for maintaining the extensive database provided as an appendix. Thanks to the following who provided artwork (see list of figures for specific contributions) and/or information used throughout this publication: Bobors Underwater Systems AB SUTEC Deep Ocean Engineering Hydrovision Imagenex Technology Corp. (Sonar) Innerspace Corporation International Submarine Engineering, Ltd. Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace Kraft TeleRobotics Maridan Autonomous Underwater Vehicles ApS Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Sonsub Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego Tritech International Underwater News and Technology magazine And, special thanks to Robert Wernli of First Centurion Enterprises for over two years of assembling material, writing and editing the "Operational Effectiveness of Unmanned Underwater Systems". Drew Michel ROV Committee Chairman