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TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS to hold over 3.5 times as many lithium primary batteries as the the water column and its thrusters give it the ability to stay standard Slocum Glider, and to physically accommodate up to on track in strong currents or other dif? cult ocean condi- 8 different sensor or hardware integrations. tions,” said Quinn.

“The size of the Sentinel gives it the energy capacity to in- The Slocum Sentinel Glider uses the established piloting, crease mission length to over 2 years; or users can ? t more ? ight control, and communications architecture of the Slocum high-energy sensors like active or passive acoustics, sensors Glider, and allows for the same sensor and hardware options with on-board processing, and imaging, without seeing a sig- as the standard-sized vehicle.

ni? cant decrease in their overall mission length,” said Quinn. “We are excited to bring this new product and capability to

The Slocum Sentinel Glider will be driven by the industry’s our customers,” said Dan Shropshire, Vice President Business largest buoyancy engine, with a volumetric capacity of 4 li- Development and Program Execution, Marine Vehicles, “The ters – more than double any other available glider buoyancy Slocum Sentinel Glider represents the next generation in per- engine. This affords the Teledyne Con? dential; Commercially sistent ocean monitoring, and its features greatly expand op-

Sensitive Business Data Sentinel a standard glide speed of erational opportunities for our customers.” 0.75 knots. It additionally features dual thrusters on the aft The speci? cations of the Slocum Sentinel Glider open sever- of the vehicle, which users can choose to activate for a sprint al new use cases for the glider community. With an increased speed of up to 3 knots. need for environmental monitoring, especially to track the “The Sentinel is the world’s fastest glider – its buoyancy impact of offshore construction on the ocean ecosystem, the engine is large enough to deal with large density changes in Sentinel can accommodate a greater number of environmental

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