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All photos courtesy: Don Walsh search and Development (ASNR&D) and later as Deputy Director of Navy

Laboratories. He retired from military

THE NEXT EVOLUTION life in 1975 with the rank of Captain.

IN SMALL DIAMETER

Aside from his own achievements,

UUVs

Capt. Walsh notes the development of full ocean depth manned and un-

Introducing the Iver4 580 manned submersibles as one of the most important industry milestones.

Built with proven Iver4 next-generation technology, the

He also cites the areas within the

Iver4 580 features a full suite of evolution of Autonomous Unmanned sensors in a portable size and

Vehicles (AUVs) capable of long du- small mission footprint. This ration, unattended missions. He says

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle these vessels allow for “oceanographic (UUV) also features sealed, work not possible with conventional hot-swappable battery sections research ships.” The last item he notes that can be changed in the ?eld is the development of Remotely Oper- without special tools for minimal ated Vehicles (ROVs) designed to per- mission downtime.

form high-precision tasks. “All three of

To learn more, contact the these technology developments have

Iver Sales Team: been developed interdependently,” he

[email protected] says. “That is, you will ? nd the ‘DNA’ +1 (508) 678-0550 of the early pioneering vehicles in all those operating today.

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