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VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY UPDATES sonar, Teledyne Reson T-50 multibeam Doing more for longer that Reynisson notes is targeting a new and Benthos Chirp 3 sub bottom pro? ler, But increasing autonomy, endurance business model; data as a service, along- as well as CathX high resolution camera and capability, “staying out for longer side TerraDepth, which has Gavia’s in its and laser and Teledyne BlueViewM450 and doing more”, is another key trend. ? eet. Looking further ahead, we are go-

Obstacle avoidance sonar. It can also “Customers want more reactive behav- ing to be seeing even fewer people in the be air-shipped in its component parts. iour, more real-time processing, based ? eld, says Reynisson. “Put the vehicle

Navigation includes INS and DVL, with on actual detection without human in- out in the harbour, send it out for 10-12 acoustic aiding from Teledyne and third- tervention,” says Reynisson. “By adding days to do a mission, have it pop up occa- party, with tracking using an acoustic higher sensitivity sensors, you get better sionally to say what it’s doing. There’s a modem out to 10km, and USBL or LBL. data quality, autonomous reactions will lot more trust in autonomous and robust-

Stefan Reynisson, Teledyne Gavia, be more sophisticated, because they can ness in vehicle to do what it needs to do.

General Manager, Iceland, says modu- rely on the detection probability using larity is important. “People don’t want SAS and high frequency multi beam. Hydroid’s Remus 300 to be stuck with a certain con? guration Better resolution means better grounded In the shallower water domain, but tar- for lifetime of the vehicle. Modularity decisions and making the vehicle react to geting similar modularity, ? exibility and means options in the ? rst phase but also those.” intelligence is HII’s REMUS 300. First throughout life span. Vehicles that been Norway’s Argeo ordered two, 6,000m unveiled by Hydroid in 2020 (before its out there 10-20 years can be upgraded to SeaRaptor’s last year, with the ? rst deliv- acquisition by HII), with a prototype for the latest standards. It helps one vehicle ered early March this year and the second the U.S. Navy, HII’s REMUS 300 is be- to add capability and modernise through- due to be delivered at the end of April. ing delivered to customers, mostly in the out its life.” Argeo is one of a number of companies military domain.

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