Component AUV Modules

Platforms

  • Autonomus Underwater Vehicles (AUV)
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV)
  • Tow-Fish
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPV)
  • Manned Submersibles
  • Custom Installations

Applications

  • Side scan sonar gap fill
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Navigation
  • Target homing
  • Confined area search
  • Mine hunting
  • Area mapping
  • Object identification
  • Pipeline tracking & inspection

Options

Sensor Types

  • 2D Forward Looking - compact, high resolution multibeam systems
  • 3D MicroBathymetry - high resolution data and imagery 

Available Frequencies

  • 450 kHz (2D forward looking sensors)
  • 900 kHz (2D forward looking sensors)
  • 1.35 MHz (3D MicroBathymetry sensors)
  • 2.25 MHz (3D MicroBathymetry sensors)

Available Depth Ratings

  • 300 m (1,000 ft.)
  • 3,000 m (9,842 ft.)

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Specifications

2D Forward Looking Systems

                                     FL900X                                     FL450X                     
Sonar
 
 Field-of-View

                      130° x 20° Horizontal                             45° x 20° Vertical

                      130° x 15° Horizontal                          45° x 15° Vertical

 Max. Range  100 m (328 ft.)  280 m (918 ft.)
 Optimum  Range   4- 60 m (13 - 196 ft.) 5 - 100 m (16 - 328 ft.) 
 Update Rate Up to 15 Hz  Up to 15 Hz 
 Operating  Frequency  900 kHz  450 kHz
 Depth Rating

                          300 m (1,000 ft.)                              3,000 m (9,842 ft.)

                         300 m (1,000 ft.)                                3,000 ft. (9,842 ft.) 

Interface    
 Supply  Voltage 12 - 48 VDC  12 - 48 VDC 
 Power  Consumption 28 W (38 W max.) 30 W (40 W max.)
 Connectivity  Ethernet Ethernet 
Application    
   Target Detection & Trackking

 Obstacle Avoidance

3D MicroBathymetry & Gap Fill Systems

                               MB2250                              MB1350                                     MB900                    
Sonar      
 Field-of-View 45° or 90° 45° or 90° 45°
 Max. Range 10 m (33 ft.) 30 m (98 ft.) 100 m (328 ft.)
 Optimum  Range 0.5 - 7 m (1.6 - 23 ft.) 1 - 20 m (3.2 - 65 ft.) 2 - 50 m (6.5 - 164 ft.)
 Time  Resolution 0.010 m (0.39 in.) 0.015 m (0.59 in.) 0.023 m (0.89 in.)
 Update  Rate* Up to 40 Hz Up to 40 Hz Up to 40 Hz
 Operating  Frequency   2.25 MHz 1.35 MHz 900 kHz
 Depth Rating

           300 m (1,000 ft.)             3,000 m (9,842 ft.)

           300 m (1,000 ft.)                3,000 m (9,842 ft.)

           300 m (1,000 ft.)             3,000 m (9,842 ft.)

Interface      
 Supply  Voltage 12 - 48 VDC 12 - 48 VDC 12 - 48 VDC
 Power  Consumption

10 W/12 W max. (45°)

15 W/18 W max. (90°)

12 W/14 W max. (45°)

19 W/24 W max. (90°)

16 W/20 W max.
 Connectivity Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
Application      

Low altitude (<7 m) target identification & gap fill

Medium altitude (<25 m) target identification & gap fill

High altitude (<50 m) target identification & gap fill

*With Pentium M 1.4 GHz processor

 

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