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Sonatech

Sonatech, LLC designs and builds sonar and acoustic navigation subsystems, including transponders, beacons, distress pingers and LBL/SSBL systems, in Santa Barbara, California.

Santa Barbara, CA · Company

About

Sonatech operates a 40,000 sq ft engineering and manufacturing center in Santa Barbara, California, staffed by professional, technical and manufacturing personnel with experience in underwater acoustics, oceanography, engineering, software development, manufacturing and quality control.

The facility includes a manufacturing center with wave soldering, injection moulding, painting, encapsulation and environmental heating and cooling; a machine shop upgraded in 2017 and 2018 for CNC milling and turning of titanium, stainless steel and aluminium; two acoustic test facilities covering 2 kHz to over 2 MHz; and a hydrostatic pressure vessel rated to 10,000 psi. Field tests are run off the Santa Barbara and Goleta piers and in the Santa Barbara Channel.

In March 2017 three longtime employees bought the company from its parent corporation. Starting with 24 employees, Sonatech has grown to more than 100.

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NOAA

Federal / National Agencies · United States

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