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Kraken to Provide SAS to HII’s New Medium Class UUV

Kraken Robotics said its AquaPix Min- iature Synthetic Aperture Sonar (MIN-

SAS) System has been selected as the standard payload offering on HII’s new

REMUS 620 Medium Class UUV.

HII selected the Kraken Aquapix MIN-

SAS-60 and MINSAS-120 as the stan- dard imagery sonar options due to the

Kraken’s combination of performance and versatility to suit a wide range of customer needs at a commercially com-

Images courtesy Kraken Robotics petitive price, said Duane Fotheringham,

HII REMUS 620 with Kraken MINSAS 60 Payload.

President of Mission Technologies’ Un- manned Systems business, HII, in an

Image of 7-meter Dory and Anchor Scar taken from HII REMUS with MINSAS 60. interview with MTR for it December 2022 edition. “This sensor provides high resolution interferometric Synthetic Ap- erture Sonar (SAS) and Bathymetry im- agery along with optional real time data processing and Ultra High De? nition (UHD) resolution.”

Higher resolution imagery directly cor- relates to the reduction of false positives by both human operators and Automatic

Target Recognition (ATR) software, which through advanced capabilities provided by the collaboration of the RE-

MUS 620 and MINSAS Synthetic Aper- ture Sonar reduces the number of con- tacts required to be veri? ed. The result is the potential for a signi? cantly reduced

MCM timeline. Kraken’s SAS products have been integrated to HII Unmanned

Systems range of small, medium and large AUVs, offering many opportunities to increase the Mine Hunting and MCM

Capabilities of many NATO nations.

The unique system design of the MIN-

SAS makes it an ideal match for the RE-

MUS 620’s modular payload and battery architecture as it can provide both 60 cm and 120 cm array offerings based on the customer’s requirements, making room for additional sensor or battery payloads as needed. Kraken’s MINSAS provides out-of-the-box high-resolution, real-time onboard beamforming which supports embedded ATR, enabling smart autono- my features.

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