The largest military shipbuilding company in the United States unveiled its latest e impressive unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) called Remo 620.
It is a model that continues a series of UUVs originally developed by the Hydroid company, shortly before it was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in 2020.
How is the unmanned submarine
The submarine presented last Monday has an extraordinary and special design for which it is intended separate components of the system from those that the prospect may want to modify for their own purposes, informs RT.
Therefore, the company explains that the the size and operational capacity of the vehicle can be adapted based on the number of power sections installed.
According to HII, the new UUV can work up to 110 hours or 275 nautical miles if its three power sections are used.
The specialists point out that the Remus 620 also features two universal bulkhead adapters, allowing the vehicle to be equipped with exclusive payloads not offered or manufactured by HII.
Along the same lines, the company’s “hardware” and “software” development kits are designed to provide customers with the technical documentation necessary to create your own adaptations new.
Official voice on new technologies
duane fotheringhampresident of unmanned systems at HII Mission Technologies, he told the magazine breaking the defense that in the development of the submarine made changes to accessibility, based on the experiences of previous Remus models.
For example, it emphasizes, in aspects such as the location of some doors and removable components.
Fotheringham said, “This vehicle was designed from the ground up to be UMAA compliant,” referring to the US Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture.
And he stressed: “It’s an ever-developing standard, but we know the basics, so everything we’ve done has been built to be compatible with UMAA.”
Source: Clarin
