Hydrographic society

We Design, Build and Operate Unmanned Marine Systems

Make a disruptive, revolutionary change to working at sea: - Reduce costs - Improve operational flexibility - Reduce risk to human life - Improve data in terms of timeliness, quality and volume

Company • Growing, high technology marine

systems • 60 employees worldwide • ASV US opened May 2014 • Provide rugged, reliable and

effective unmanned marine systems

About ASV

Facilities • 24,000 sq. ft. production facility • Waterside location, slipways, moorings • Modern 3D CAD equipped design office • Boat fitting and testing bays • Electronic/electrical prototyping lab • 12,000 sq. ft. operational base in

Broussard, LA • Sales office in Houston, TX

Markets • Military and Security (MCM, ASW, ISR) • Oil and Gas • Science and Survey

Design, Build and Operate Unmanned Marine Systems

ASV

Military and Security: Marine Targets Military and Security: MCM and Surveillance systems

Oil and Gas Science and Survey

Customers

SASS

Marine Target Drones

C-Target 6

Naval training targets • LOA: 6.5m • Aluminium, repairable hulls • 125hp petrol outboard / diesel option • UHF communications, COFDM video • Redundant emergency stop system • 35 knots + • Inflatable and aluminium tow targets • Autopilot modes

C-Target 3

Small, easily deployed training targets • LOA: 3.5m • Innovative 2-part hull allowing 4 systems

to fit one standard 20’ container • Single lift point for ease of launch and

recovery from mother vessel • 25+ knots • Autopilot modes

C-Target 9

Naval training targets • LOA: 8.95m • Highly survivable, aluminium, repairable

hulls • 300hp Mercury Verado engines • UHF communications, COFDM video • Redundant emergency stop system • 50+ knots • Autopilot modes

C-Target 13

Realistic manned or unmanned threat situation/training vessel • LOA: 13m • BOA: 2.9m • Engines: Single 225hp or 2 x 350hp • Manned or unmanned operations • 25 knots (225hp) • 50 knots (700hp)

Operations and Support

On location trials support services • Transportation of vehicles and kit to UK

and international locations • Qualified pilots and crew • Experienced remote operators and support

crew • Remote vehicle operations from shore or

offshore platform/mothership • In-situ repairs for maximisation of

operational time

Maintenance and Servicing

Pre and post trial services • Periodic maintenance and servicing • Repair/reusability • Storage/winterisation • Vehicle upgrades and enhancements

Military and Security

C-Sweep

Multi Role Mine Countermeasures ASV • LOA: 11.5m • BOA: 3.5m • Engines: 2 x 480hp Diesels • Manned and Unmanned Operations • 30 knots maximum speed • Mine sweep, mine hunt and hydrographic

payloads • 19kN at 15 knots tow force

Oil and Gas

C-Worker 6

Construction support ASV Design Features • LOA: 5.85m • BOA – 2.2m • Displacement ~ 3.5 metric tons with full

payload and fuel • Propulsion: 2 Diesel Generator sets (13kw

each) driving two 10kw electrical pods via a battery bank, providing ~30 HP thrust at drive motors.

• Self – righting (loaded or light) • Aluminum Hull (8mm thick bottom);

Swappable instrument payload • Fully redundant propulsion and

communication system • AIS Collision Avoidance System • Self supporting on deck (twin skegs);

High-Strength Tie Down Points • Up to 30 days endurance at cruise 4.5 Kts,

Max speed 6.5 Kts

C-Worker 6

Construction support ASV Sensor options 2013 • C-Nav DGPS & UHF Control Radio Link –

Standard • C-Mariner Attitude Sensor/INS inertial

system • Multibeam Sonars (bathymetry, leak

detection, structure integrity) • ADCPs (multiple frequencies surface to

700m 75/150/300/600 KHz) • Magnetometers (mobile or base station) • Integrated self-calibrating INS+USBL

systems (Sonardyne, others) • Sound velocity sensors (Sonardyne PIES;

CTDs) • Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) and

Sound Source Verification (SSV) 10-200 KHz for marine mammal detection

• Surface Camera/Imagery • Radar / AIS navigation aids

C-Enduro

C-Enduro Key features • Long Endurance Maritime Unmanned

Surface Vehicle. • Persistent presence for the collection of

offshore data. • 3 month endurance. • Large payload capacity. • Rugged Carbon fibre, self righting hull. • Diesel, Solar and Wind power options.

Applications and sensors • Advanced energy harvesting design can be

used for research, military and commercial applications.

• Metocean & Oceanographic data collection. • Renewable energy surveys. • Marine construction support. • Environmental surveys e.g. CO2 monitoring. • Seismic support e.g. PAM • Data gateway e.g. AUV, ROV, Glider to satellite • Security and situational awareness.

ASView Control System Introduction • Designed from the outset specifically for use on Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV’s) • Can be integrated with almost any vessel type. • Enables the control of ASV’s at autonomy levels 0,1 and 2. Full manual control up to

automated mission following. • In continuous development since 2008 with around 20 man years of effort and 250,000 lines of

code. • Another 20 man years of effort programmed and funded for the next two years to accelerate

development of level 3 and 4 autonomy which enables autonomous algorithms to control vehicle safety of navigation and adapt missions as required with and without human oversight

• Developed and supported by a highly skilled team of dedicated software, electrical and robotics engineers with extensive real world experience of using ASV’s at sea

• Used on over 60 ASV’s to date comprised of 20 different vessel designs.

• Direct Manual Control (Low latency) • Heading Hold • Waypoint following (on-fly changes) • Line Following (minimum XTE)

• Range of communication links • Radio (LOS) and Satcom (OTH) • Integration to third party software

(Hypack, 4D Nav, EuroNav…..)

• Redundant safety systems • AIS monitoring • Collision avoidance tools in dev.

• Single/multiple video cameras • Payload integration (sonars etc.)

Control systems

ASView Control System

ASView-Base Radio Enclosure

ASView-Helm Remote Control

ASView-Bridge User Interface

ASView-Helm Remote Control

Control Station 1

Control Stations 2-n

Deck or Dock Control

ASView-Core Vehicle System

USV Vessel Systems

Control Systems

Control Systems

Control Systems

• In March 2015, ASV was awarded funding by Innovate UK to undertake in excess of £3million worth of R&D for Maritime Autonomous Systems.

• The work will be carried out in partnership with nine other commercial and research organisations.

• The projects will look to address the following key areas of marine autonomy development:

• Over the horizon communications and COLREGS

• Combining USVs and UUVs for marine surveys

• Launch and recovery of an AUV from a USV

• Operating USVs in rough weather conditions

Research and Development

C-Cat 2

Shallow survey data set

C-Worker 6 • Competed data set in 20 hours – one of

only 2 systems to complete whole area • Currently running 140km of lines per day

alongside NOAA in GoM

• Inshore survey • Lake and river survey • Small MBES systems • Easily portable

C-Cat 2 payload • R2Sonic 2020 • SBG

Payloads

C-Worker 6 Payload • R2Sonic 2022 • Applanix

Data set collected

Targets

• Test platform • Moon pool added to enable additional

sensor testing • Simple single outboard system • Easily road transportable

CT-3

• Liftable payload for trailer launch and recovery

• Large payload space and volume • Limit power provision due to outboard • Single solid unit

Payload system

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