AUV Extravaganza: Tech Advances in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
ship or vehicle in any domain into an intelligent, robotic platform”. This includes multi-vehicle collaborative autonomy, from remote control to fully autonomous capability, aligned with industry open architecture standards.In-roads with national naviesBack to the REMUS 300; last year, the Royal New Zealand Navy was the first to place an international order, ordering four REMUS 300s. Late March, the vehicle was also selected as U.S. Navy’s next generation small UUV (SUUV) program of record (dubbed Lionfish), following a two-year rapid prototyping and refining of the REMUS 300 design.Read more
New Zealand Navy orders four REMUS 300 UUVs
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that the Royal New Zealand Navy has placed the first international order for four REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).Duane Fotheringham, president of the Unmanned Systems business group in HII’s Technical Solutions division, said, “Technology has progressed significantly over the past few years, and the REMUS 300 represents one of the most advanced man-portable UUVs on the market today.”New Zealand has a fleet of six REMUS 100 UUVs that are used for mine countermeasures and underwater survey operations. The Royal New Zealand
Multinational Task for Australian Mine Warfare Team
; Australian and British autonomous underwater vehicle teams used remote environmental monitoring units to scan the bay floor and identify mine-like objects. The US and New Zealand then sent out divers to confirm whether or not they were mines, said Lieutenant Teina Hullena of the Royal New Zealand Navy Clearance Diving Group. "They would then either 'blow them up' or raise them to the surface for intelligence gathering," Lieutenant Hullena said. The exercise scenario involved a fictional nation experiencing political and internal unrest, and the government of
NZ Navy Dive Team Receives ROV Training
A team from the Royal New Zealand Navy has recently finished an intensive ROV training course, delivered by The Underwater Center at the Naval Base at Devonport, New Zealand. The nine-day course focused on in-water operation training of the Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV, which is regularly used by the Navy for reconnaissance and security missions. Warships were berthed very close-by, allowing the candidates to work under and around the vessels, carrying out a range of training exercises. The course was split between classroom lectures and practical/in-water operational training and
February 2024
