Autonomous underwater vehicle -
HUGIN 1000 AUV
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HUGIN 1000 AUV - Autonomous underwater vehicle
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Introduction
The HUGIN 1000 Autonomous underwater vehicle - AUV is capable of performing high-speed
surveys with excellent navigation and payload data quality down to a depth of 1000
meters.
Two operational modes
The vehicle can be operated in either operator supervised or full autonomous
mode. The special hydrodynamic shape, optional launching system and overall principles
of our previous HUGIN 1 and 2 (operating in the North Sea since 1997) and the deepwater
HUGIN 3000 vehicles have been further developed into the HUGIN 1000 design.
Minimized physical size
Additional features of the HUGIN 1000 AUV autonomous underwater vehicle include
minimization in physical size while maintaining the ability to carry several different
types of survey sensors for synchronized and simultaneous operation. The HUGIN concept
allows integration of alternative sensors for geophysical, search and inspection
purposes to be implemented, subject to customer demands.
Autonomous underwater vehicle operator station
The Operator Station includes a monitor and an operator panel with interfaces
to payload operator stations and vessel mounted sensors like dGPS, HiPAP, ship attitude
sensor, acoustic link and RF link systems.
Customer benefits
- Very stable and low noise hydrodynamic platform for payload sensors
- High manoeuvrability providing terrain following and turning radius of 15
metres
- Maximum operating depth 3000 metres
- Operator supervised ("acoustic tether"), semiautonomous or autonomous operation
- State of the art Aided Inertial Navigation System (AINS)
- Provides robustness and sound technical solutions to the demands of modern
navies
- Latest battery technology with up to 24 hours endurance at 4 knots
- Highly flexible configuration and integration of payload systems
- Typical payload sensors are synthetic aperture sonar or side-scan sonar,
multibeam echo sounder, sub-bottom profiler, CTD and volume search sonar
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