Over-the-horizon UUV or ROV ops? There’s a USV for that.

One of the early promises made by the advent of unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicle (UUV/AUV) systems was a world free of the need for costly surface support vessels. It’s a promise these vehicles have struggled to meet.

They have delivered value – in other ways. They offer a stable platform close to the seabed where they’re able to acquire high-resolution actionable data. But if you want to know very accurately where in the world that data is, a surface ship providing acoustic position updates is still part and parcel of the mission. These can be ships that are smaller and less costly than those required for conventional operations, but they are necessary. Read the full blog by following this link.