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Gen
eral
Rec
onna
issa
nce
and
Surv
eilla
nce
Not
onl
y m
ilita
ry m
issi
ons
can
be u
nder
take
n w
ith
the
AU
V 62
usi
ngth
e sa
me
high
-res
olut
ion
sona
r sy
stem
for
min
e re
conn
aiss
ance
.The
syst
em i
s eq
ually
sui
tabl
e fo
r pe
rfor
min
g m
ore
gene
ral
reco
nnai
ssan
cean
d su
rvei
llanc
e m
issi
ons,
such
as
sear
chin
g fo
r sm
all
obje
cts
and
reco
rdin
g th
eir p
ositi
ons
as w
ell a
s ge
nera
ting
the
corr
espo
ndin
g se
nsor
raw
dat
a fo
r fu
rthe
r ac
tion
or
info
rmat
ion
purp
oses
.
Seab
ed M
appi
ng
Usi
ng a
Pay
load
Mod
ule
equi
pped
wit
h a
MBE
S (M
ulti
Bea
m E
cho
Soun
der)
,the
sea
bed
pro�
le s
cann
ed b
y th
e A
UV
62 v
ehic
le is
con
t-in
uous
ly re
cord
ed d
urin
g th
e m
issi
on a
nd s
erve
s as
a b
asis
for
sub-
sequ
ent
seab
ed m
ap g
ener
atio
n.Th
e ac
cura
cy o
f th
e m
appi
ng d
ata
fully
co
mpl
ies
wit
h IH
O
stan
dard
s (In
tern
atio
nal
Hyd
rogr
aphi
cO
rgan
izat
ion)
.
Sub-
bott
om M
appi
ng
By s
uppl
ying
the
Pay
load
Mod
ule
wit
h a
Sub-
bott
om P
ro�l
er,
the
stru
ctur
e of
the
sed
imen
t la
yers
bel
ow t
he s
eabe
d ca
n be
cat
egor
ized
and
docu
men
ted.
The
addi
tion
of
a MBE
S to
the
sam
e m
odul
e en
a-bl
es s
tudy
ing
the
chan
ge o
f th
e se
abed
str
uctu
re o
ver
tim
e,re
lati
veto
the
�rm
bas
emen
t.
Envi
ronm
enta
l Mon
itor
ing
The
Payl
oad
Mod
ule
for
Envi
ronm
enta
l Mon
itor
ing
is e
quip
ped
wit
ha
num
ber
of d
i�er
ent
sens
ors
for
phys
ical
,che
mic
al a
nd b
iolo
gica
lm
onit
orin
g of
the
unde
rwat
er e
nviro
nmen
t.Th
e A
UV
62 S
yste
m c
anpe
rfor
m a
uton
omou
s,lo
ng e
ndur
ance
env
ironm
enta
l m
onit
orin
gov
er la
rge
area
s w
itho
ut s
uper
visi
on.P
hysi
cal d
ata
such
as
cond
ucti
-vi
ty,t
empe
ratu
re a
nd d
ensi
ty a
re m
easu
red
as a
sta
ndar
d,w
hile
sen
-so
rs fo
r ot
her
para
met
ers
can
be a
dded
on
requ
est.
The
sens
or fo
rdi
ssol
ved
oxyg
en,t
hat
can
be a
n im
port
ant
indi
cato
r fo
r en
viro
n-m
enta
lly b
enig
n co
ndit
ions
,is
one
exam
ple,
whi
le a
wat
er s
ampl
erfo
r bi
olog
ical
mon
itor
ing
is a
noth
er.
Min
e Re
conn
aiss
ance
The
AUV
62 v
ehic
le c
an b
e ad
apte
d to
per
form
min
e re
conn
aiss
ance
mis
sion
s by
equ
ippi
ng t
he p
aylo
ad m
odul
e w
ith a
dua
l Fla
nk A
rray
Sona
r (FA
S) to
geth
er w
ith a
hig
h re
solu
tion
Forw
ard
Look
ing
Sona
r(F
LS)
for
gap-
�llin
g an
d ob
stac
le a
void
ance
.O
n-bo
ard
Synt
hetic
Ape
rtur
e Pr
oces
sing
(SA
P) e
nabl
es r
apid
eva
luat
ion
and
prov
ides
a�r
m b
asis
for r
eal-t
ime
Com
pute
r Aid
ed C
lass
i�ca
tion
(CA
D) u
sing
the
Post
-Mis
sion
Ana
lysi
s sy
stem
.Im
ages
of
any
Min
e-Li
ke O
bjec
ts(M
LOs)
det
ecte
d ar
e re
gula
rly t
rans
ferr
ed b
ack
to t
he l
aunc
hing
plat
form
for o
n-lin
e pr
e-cl
assi
�cat
ion.
Con
�gur
ed w
ith
a hi
gh p
erfo
rman
ce p
ower
sou
rce
(i.e.
Lith
ium
-ion
batt
erie
s) w
arra
ntin
g lo
ng e
ndur
ance
,the
AU
V 62
veh
icle
is
a ve
ryco
st-e
�ec
tive
alt
erna
tive
to
conv
enti
onal
min
e-hu
ntin
g ve
ssel
s.In
cont
rast
to
trad
itio
nal m
ine
reco
nnai
ssan
ce,m
issi
ons
unde
rtak
en b
yth
e A
UV
62-b
ased
min
e-hu
ntin
g sy
stem
are
cos
t an
d ti
me
e�ci
ent
than
ks t
o th
e in
here
nt a
uton
omy
char
acte
rist
ics.
Key
fact
s ab
out t
he A
UV
62 S
yste
m a
dapt
ed fo
r Min
e Re
conn
aiss
ance
:• A
rea
Cove
rage
Rat
e:2
km2/
h• S
onar
Res
olut
ion:
bett
er th
an 5
x5 c
m*
• Sw
ath
Wid
th:2
00 m
* Ra
nge
inde
pend
ent w
ithin
the
swat
h w
idth
.
Art
i�ci
al S
ubm
arin
e A
cous
tic
Targ
et
The
AU
V 62
veh
icle
can
eas
ily b
e ad
apte
d to
an
Art
i�ci
al S
ubm
arin
eA
cous
tic
Targ
et c
on�g
urat
ion
usin
g a
payl
oad
mod
ule
wit
h a
nois
etr
ansm
itter
and
an
echo
tran
spon
der.
It ca
n th
en b
e us
ed to
rese
mbl
ea
true
sub
mar
ine
for
oper
ator
tra
inin
g as
wel
l as
an
onbo
ard
Ant
iSu
bmar
ine
War
fare
(ASW
) son
ar a
nd c
omm
and
syst
em c
heck
-up.
4 –
5
