BLUEFIN ROBOTICS CORPORATION

Bluefin Robotics Corporation develops, builds, and operates autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and related technologies for defense, commercial, and scientific customers worldwide. The company offers custom batteries and AUV accessories, test fixtures, testing tanks, and specialized equipment. It also provides engineering, prototype design, testing and fielding, technology integration, platform training, and operations support services. The company’s products are used in various commercia... l applications such as inshore survey, offshore survey, and search and salvage; scientific applications, including oceanography, archaeology and exploration, environmental protection and monitoring, and scientific research; and defense applications which include port and harbor security, ship hull and infrastructure inspection, mine countermeasures, unexploded ordnance, rapid environmental assessment, and anti-submarine warfare as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance needs. It serves customers in defense, commercial, and scientific markets worldwide. Bluefin Robotics Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Quincy, Massachusetts. As of May 10, 2005, it operates as a subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc.