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Characteristic

Specification

Length:

4.6 m long

Hull Diameter:

0.69 m Diameter

Dry Weight:

940 kg

Displacement:

950 kg

Working Range:

194 km at 1.5 m/s with 360 watt payload

Endurance:

36 hrs. with 360-watt payload at 1.5 or 1.75 m/s plus 2 hours with payload powered down.

Maximum Depth:

2200 meters with 100% safety factor

Cruising Speed:

1.5 to 1.75 meters per second

Speed range

0.5 to 2.5 meters per second

Power Source and Capacity

18 E-Moli MP4826 - 1.304 kWh Li-Ion battery modules.

Propulsion Motor Propeller

Hathaway HT 07001 brushless DC motor coupled to a 3:1 gear reducer. Cast aluminum, 2 bladed single screw, Diameter: 64.6 cm   Pitch: 62cm Design Speed: 230 rpm

Control Computer:  Vehicle Log Data

Rack mount compact PCI system. Minimum10 Gigabyte hard drive for vehicle data logging

Hydroplanes

4 NACA 0026 stern planes. 2 NACA 0026 fore planes

Navigation INU Type

Kearfott 5053 Inertial Navigation Unit

D-GPS

Thales DG16 GPS

Velocity Sensor

RDI Workhorse 600 kHz DVL

Depth Sensor

Paroscientific 9000-6K-101 Digiquartz Intelligent transmitter, with an accuracy of 0.01% over the 2250-meter range.

Altitude Sensor

Integral to RDI DVL.

Positioning Systems

LinkQuest 5000 High Accuracy USBL

Acoustic Telemetry

LinkQuest UMW 4000 with 9600 bps option

Radio Telemetry

DataLinc SRM6310E 902-928 MHz ISM modem – 144 Kbps

Hard Umbilical Link

Ethernet link 100 Mbits/sec

Payload

Simrad EM 2000; Seabird SBE 49 FastCat; Compass, Attitude - Incorporated in Kearfott INU

Payload Data Distrib.

Distributed Storage System includes MBES data stored on payload data storage computer

Emergency Equipment

LinkQuest HA 5010C transponder.

 

NovatechST – AR400 Strobe, Novatech RF 700A1 Beacon

 

2400 bps point-to-point serial link using the NAL AL3 Iridium satellite network

 

ARGOS Satellite Transmitter

 

40 lbs drop Weight

Surface Control Equipment

AUV operating console and mission planning console

Surface  DataLinc

SRM6310E 902-928 MHz  ISM modem and antenna

 

LinkQuest 5000 HA USBL and acoustic communications system

Handling Equipment

AUV trolley, optional launch and recovery equipment.