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US DoD Orders 60 ROVs

Manufacturer of underwater observation class remotely op- erated vehicles (ROVs) Teledyne SeaBotix said it was recently awarded a multimillion dollar operational capability upgrade contract with the U.S. Department of Defense through dis- tributor, Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS). Explosive Ordnance

Disposal (EOD) Mobile Units have a long operational history with Teledyne SeaBotix ROVs and have utilized the capabili- ties of both the LBV and vLBV systems for several years. The upgrade program will result in delivery of 60 new Teledyne

SeaBotix vLBV300 ROV systems for EOD Mobile Units around the globe. The new SeaBotix vLBV 300 systems will be ? tted with a range of commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment, including SeaBotix’s unique tracked crawler at-

Photo: Blake Midnight / DOD tachment skid, imaging sonar, tooling options, altimeter and

USBL/GPS navigation capability plus the Teledyne Marine autonomous ROV navigation package, SMARTFLIGHT.

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