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Another area that will develop is berth-

Below The Surface ing. Unlike past USVs, these vessels

Is What Matters will not be able to be put on a trailer and driven to a port for deployment. In some cases they’ll be able to sail into a port

Under the surface of the or harbor themselves (under remote pi- water, the results from our

R VR VROVU AU OV lot control), where local suppliers could calculations and knowledge support refueling. In busier waters, a are hard at work.

crewed pilot vessel would come out and

HydroComp connects your escort the USV into port. The company ingenuity with improved will also have a ? eld team, to go out and outcomes: support berthing, says Hook.

> Thruster Design

Initially, operations will be in UK wa- > Vehicle Hydrodynamics

U U VU VU V ters with work already lined up in wind > Propulsion Energy Budget farm, oil and gas and the subsea cable >

Performance Improvements > Silencing Propeller Noise sectors in the ? rst year, says Hook.

These will be managed from a new op-

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