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LBS-AUV (REMUS 600)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicleconfirmed

LBS-AUV (REMUS 600)

The REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS) series is autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) made by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and designed by their Oceanographic Systems Lab (OSL). More recently REMUS vehicles have been manufactured by the spinoff company Hydroid Inc, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime. Hydroid was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in March 2020. The series is designed to be low cost, they have shared control software and electronic subsystems and can be operated from a laptop computer. They are used by civilians for seafloor mapping, underwater surveying, and search and recovery as well as by several navies for mine countermeasures missions.

Specifications

TypeAutonomous Underwater Vehicle
OriginUnited States
ManufacturerHydroid (now Huntington Ingalls Industries)
Introduced2003
StatusIn service
Speed9.26 km/h
Range286 km
Weight0.249 t

History

Developed by Hydroid (now Huntington Ingalls Industries) in the US in 2003, it has been widely adopted by navies for its versatile underwater capabilities.

Operators

CountryQuantityConfidence
United States—confirmed

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