MONTEREY, Calif., Sept. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Dynamics Mission Systems featured the Bluefin Robotics
hovering-autonomous underwater vehicle (H-AUV) at OCEANS 2016 in
Monterey, California. The
Bluefin Robotics H-AUV locates, identifies and maps structural
issues on a ship's hull including large ocean going cargo ships,
petroleum and chemical tankers, cruise ships and military surface
and sub-surface vessels without dry-docking the ship.
"Inspecting ship hulls and other underwater surfaces can be a
manpower- and cost-intensive part of a ship's observation and
maintenance," said Matt Graziano,
director of Autonomous Undersea Systems for General Dynamics
Mission Systems. "This H-AUV also reduces the risk to divers when
inspecting potential threats attached to a ship's hull or other
structure."
The Bluefin Robotics H-AUV operates autonomously and navigates
along a hull, bridges or piers. High-resolution images are
streamed, recorded and stored by the H-AUV for shipboard or
shore-based operators to observe in real time, or study once the
scan is complete. The H-AUV can also conduct undersea observation
for port and harbor security, underwater law enforcement
investigations, archeological and academic research.
General Dynamics Mission Systems develops, builds and operates a
portfolio of Bluefin Robotics Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
and related technologies for defense, commercial and academic
customers worldwide.
General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD). For more information about General Dynamics
Mission Systems, please visit gdmissionsystems.com and follow us on
Twitter @GDMS.
Editor's note: Photographs of the Bluefin Robotics
H-AUV and images of a ship's hull taken by the H-AUV are available
by selecting the "Gallery" tab on the H-AUV webpage:
http://www.bluefinrobotics.com/vehicles-batteries-and-services/hauv
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