Abstract: A valve for controlling flow of ambient water into a buoyant body in an anchoring and/or payload delivery system for an underwater vehicle, the valve comprising: at least one valve inlet configured to be open, in use, to ambient water; at least one valve outlet configured to communicate with the buoyant body; a pressure balance chamber in fluid communication with one or more of the valve inlets and thereby configured to be open, in use, to ambient water; a stationary part; a moveable part arranged to be exposed at least partially to ambient water and configured to move, in use, relative to the stationary part between a first position, wherein the valve is in a closed state in which fluid communication from the valve inlet(s) to the valve outlet(s) is prevented and a second position, wherein the valve is in an open state in which fluid communication from the valve inlet(s) to the valve outlet(s) is allowed, thereby allowing ambient water to flow into the buoyant body; wherein a first part of the moveable pa

Abstract: A method is provided for making a paper card with printed graphics and a magnetically encoded stripe in an in-line process. The printed graphics information is synchronized with the magnetically encoded information to provide a card with information targeted to a particular customer.