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Royal Norwegian Navy Orders Second Hugin 1000 AUV The Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) is following up the successful first phase of the Norwegian Mine Reconnaissance Program (HUGIN MRS) by placing an order with Kongsberg Maritime for another HUGIN 1000 AUV. The HUGIN MRS Program is being developed in several phases with technology, concept development and field evaluations in progress since 1998. This stage of the program included a number of HUGIN operations by the RNoN throughout 2002 and 2003, mobilizing one of the existing HUGIN AUVs onboard the Norwegian mine hunter HNoMS Karmoey. These operations resulted in successful demonstrations of the HUGIN AUV in military operations. The RNoN placed an order for the first HUGIN 1000, a dedicated AUV for military operation, early in 2004. HUGIN 1000 is operated from the RnoN mine hunter, HNoMS Karmoey, and has been successfully deployed in several NATO exercises and in NATO's Immediate Reaction Force MCMFORNORTH(1) from autumn 2004. Equipped with side scan or synthetic aperture sonar, multibeam echo sounder, and an integrated inertial navigation system, HUGIN AUVs are designed to provide high quality, high resolution imagery and bathymetry with excellent position accuracy. The next HUGIN 1000 for the RnoN will be equipped with the HISAS 1030, a high resolution Interferrometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar developed in co-operation between Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and Kongsberg Maritime. The vehicle endurance will also be extended by adding more modules of the pressure tolerant Lithium Polymer battery developed for the first HUGIN 1000 AUV. For more information visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 80 www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 27 NRC Canada Chooses Gavia AUV The Canadian Research Council has placed an order for a Gavia AUV to fulfil their requirement for a multi mis- sion capable Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. The NRC plans on using their Gavia in two main applications: an inspection vehicle for potable water pipes and a test bed vehicle for newly developed sensors and actuators, free- swimming experiments and hydrographic mapping in lakes and oceans. For more information visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 27 DeepOcean Offers Phantom ROV The Phantom 150E from DeepOcean is a portable ROV designed for potable water and NDT inspections, small retrieval in confined areas and for rugged use in interactive exhibits. Phantom XTL owners can operate the 150E using their existing console and an intermediate Power Management Box. For more information visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 30 C-Surveyor II AUV Delivered C&C Technologies' deepwater AUV, C-Surveyor II, was delivered to C&C's corporate headquarters in Lafayette, La., in early June. C&C purchased the C-Surveyor II as a base vehicle in November 2004 and has worked to inte- grate and build customized components for it. The design of the C-Surveyor II is modeled after C&C's existing AUV, C-Surveyor I, and includes a multibeam echosounder, chirp side scan sonar, chirp sub-bottom pro- filer, CTD system and a methane detector. The Edgetech DW106 sub-bottom profiler on board is customized with narrow transmit and receive beams to permit significantly deeper seabed penetration. In addition to the sub-bottom profiler, C&C also has a Dynamically Focused (DF) sides- can sonar system being specialized for installation in November 2005. The DF sidescan sonar will provide five times more resolution than traditional systems in order to MTR#1 (17-32).qxd 7/19/2005 10:01 AM Page 27
