Port Security Barriers Force Protection Applications

							Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc.



      Port Security Barriers
  Force Protection Applications
                  Agenda
•Introduction to Technology
•Milestones in Development
•Case Studies
   •NABLC
   •USCG ISC Alameda
•Reflections on 10 Years of Development
                   Introduction: Bio
Dennis G. Smith
Founder, President & CEO

Responsibilities                   Professional Career
•Management                        •Wave Dispersion Technologies
•Strategy                          •Avalon Investment Properties
•Development                       •Citibank
•Engineering

Education
   •Harvard University, MBA
   •Yale University, BA – Math & Economics
               Introduction: Mission
To be recognized by the world's militaries, security agencies and
marine industry as the global leader in maritime port security and
erosion control technology solutions.
          Introduction: Background
Founded: 1995

Original Objective: Develop an effective solution
for coastal erosion and wave attenuation.           Prototype in Lab


Additional Objective: Development of marine
security barrier and solutions.

                                                    Artist Conception
              Introduction: Key Facts
Patents: 27 granted and/or pending.

Survivability: Only water barrier built to withstand
100 mile per hour winds and 15 foot seas.
Withstood the force of Hurricane Isabel without
requiring any maintenance.

Markets: Erosion Control, Wave Attenuation, and
Maritime Homeland Security.

Customers (include): US Navy, US Coast Guard,
US Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, US
Department of Interior, States: WA & LA.
      Milestones: ¼ Scale Testing
Date: September - October 1997

Location: Stevens Institute of Technology,
Davidson Laboratory, High Speed Towing Tank.
                                                      Davidson Laboratory
Primary Researcher: Thomas O. Herrington, PhD.

Testing: Performance Characteristics of the
WhisprWave® Floating Breakwater at ¼ Scale.
                                                           Test Results
Results: Prototype performance characteristics
exceeded expectations.

Next Step: Site selection for full-scale beta test.
           Milestones: The Module

• 34 Sided Polygon
• High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Weight 36 lb
• 2 Independent Chambers with Patented
  Connection
• Easily Foam Filled
• Strength 300,000 lb Crush to Destruction
               Milestones: Beta Site
Date: June 1999

Location: Pier Pointe Marina, Sodus Point,
NY                                              During Installation



History: 5+ years later the breakwater has
successfully protected the Pier Pointe Marina
with no unscheduled maintenance.                Breakwater Installed


Results: This installation has served as the
cornerstone for all subsequent installations.
• WhisprWave®
  Breakwater in
  Storage Prior
  To Placement in
  Water
• 500 Feet of
  WhisprWave®
  Breakwater in
  Lake Ontario
  Installed June
  1999
   Milestones: 1st Contact by the US Navy
Date: August 1999

Location: Naval Facilities Engineering (NFESC)

Overview: NFESC called, and said ‘we have a feeling this
[WhisprWave®] might be a good port security barrier.’ We
designed, constructed, and photographed the prototype
Small Craft Intrusion Barrier (SCIB) the next day.

Lessons Learned: Government cycles and civilian
timelines rarely meet contractor’s initial expectations.
        Milestones: 1st Military Contract
1st Contact Date: August 2000

Order Date: October 12, 2000
                                                   Buoy Assembly
Location: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Kings
Bay, GA

Overview: US Navy purchased security buoy system
for implementing exclusion zone during specific
movements of classified material.                  Buoy Transport


Lessons Learned: Contracting process is complex,
funding & relationships are crucial.
• Naval Security Sign
  Buoy (NSSB)
• Installed at Strategic
  Weapons Facility Atlantic
  (SWFLANT), Kings Bay,
  GA
       Case Study: NABLC Norfolk, VA
Date: November 2002

Location: Naval Amphibious Base Little
                                              WhisprWave®
Creek (NABLC), Norfolk, VA                      Modules


Overview: US Navy SCIB to protect harbor at
NABLC
                                              SCIB Installed

Lessons Learned: Military procurement is
generally driven by base level needs versus
top level directives from the Pentagon.
• SCIB
• As Installed at NABLC
  09 November 2002
  Case Study: USCG ISC Alameda, CA
Date: April 2004

Location: Governor’s Island Alameda, CA
                                              WHEC
Overview: US Coast Guard Integrated
Support Command (ISC) SCIB to protect
White High Endurance Cutters (WHEC).
                                          USCG ISC Alameda
Lessons Learned: A current and ongoing
project
   Case Study USCG ISC : WSPS Mission

“The primary mission of the WSPS is to provide
a highly visible physical deterrent by day and by
night, and offer an augmentable system capable
of a significant degree of physical protection to
ships alongside.”
Source: Operational Concept Document for Royal Australian
Navy Waterborne Ship Protective System
     Case Study USCG ISC : Requirements
1. Visible security line of demarcation (LOD)
2. 70 MPH sustained winds & 3 knot current
3. 750 ft. gates
4. Maximum allowed catenary 30 ft.
5. Minimize impact to WHEC during
   construction
6. Expansion capabilities
7. System upgrades (electronics, intrusion
   detection, underwater and above water
   capture nets)
Case Study USCG ISC : Progress
                   Reflection
Men who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt
those doing it.

Chinese proverb
Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc
           Dennis G. Smith,
       Founder, President & CEO

         573 Springfield Avenue
           Summit, NJ 07901

           Ph: 908.273.3358
           Fx: 908.688.0198

      E-mail: info@whisprwave.com