Kongsberg Maritime has confirmed that Fugro Survey Ltd. has ordered the latest generation of HUGIN AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) to augment its existing fleet of survey vehicles.

The new HUGIN 1000 AUV has a water depth rating of 3,000 m (9,843 ft) and includes Lithium Polymer batteries. The batteries are packaged into modules, which are stacked in the centre section of the AUV. They can be swapped between dives, which reduces the turn-around time to less than 2 hours. This latest configuration has 48 KW hours of energy, providing more than 70 hours of effective survey time with the payload sensors collecting data simultaneously.

HUGIN 1000’s modular design enables it to be packaged with systems to meet exact customer requirements, said Kongsberg. For this order, Fugro specified the latest versions of the Kongsberg EM 2040 multibeam echo sounder, EdgeTech sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler, forward looking sonar, turbidity sensor, acoustic Doppler current pro-filer, conductivity temperature and depth sensor and a camera system with energy efficient LED lighting.

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