The HUGIN 1000 autonomous underwater vehicle for military applications

Author

Hagen, Per Espen ; Storkersen, Nils ; Vestgård, Karstein ; Kartvedt, Per

Author_Institution

Norwegian Defence Res. Establ., Kjeller, Norway

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-26 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1141

Abstract

In January 2003, the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) directed the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) to deliver a prototype AUV suitable for various military applications by the end of the year. The vehicle, developed by FFI and Kongsberg Simrad AS, will be the first of the new HUGIN 1000 AUV class, and builds extensively on technologies and solutions from the larger HUGIN 3000 vehicle class. Primary applications for HUGIN 1000 include mine reconnaissance, depth independent mine detection, classification and localisation, MCM route survey, as well as overt and covert rapid environmental assessment (REA). HUGIN 1000 is highly modular, and in its standard configuration will have an endurance of approximately 24 hours. A substantially similar version will also be available for civilian customers.

Keywords

military equipment; underwater vehicles; AD 2003 01; FFI; HUGIN 1000 AUV; HUGIN 3000 vehicle; Kongsberg Simrad AS; MCM route survey; Norwegian Defence Research Establishment; REA; RNoN; Royal Norwegian Navy; autonomous underwater vehicle; depth independent mine detection; military applications; mine classification; mine localisation; mine reconnaissance; rapid environmental assessment; Continents; Earth; Manufacturing; Military computing; Navigation; Prototypes; Reconnaissance; Research and development; Sensor fusion; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2003. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-933957-30-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178504

Filename

1283464