It is for these purposes FFI and Kongsberg Maritime AS developed HUGIN – an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can adapt its operational pattern to fulfil the objectives of missions in the best possible manner. With its long-range capability and advanced communications, HUGIN Endurance sets a new standard for autonomous subsea mapping and inspection, yielding unmatched operational flexibility, efficiency, and sustainability.Many maritime actors require information about conditions below the ocean’s surface or on the ocean floor – whether it is deep-sea mapping of offshore incidents, marine research, searches for shipwrecks or dumped waste, pipeline inspections or military applications such as searches for naval mines. “Teaming long endurance with large area coverage capabilities allows a single AUV to map areas up to 1,100 square kilometers in a single mission – a target impossible until now. “We are proud to launch HUGIN Endurance, which represents a step-change in AUV operations,” says Richard Mills, Vice President of Marine Robotics Sales, Kongsberg Maritime. The reduction in the need for surface support further diminishes the environmental footprint. It also delivers significant sustainability benefits, not only when contrasted with conducting operations from surface vessels but also with other AUV operations. This proven portfolio of hydroacoustic sensors, communications, and other technologies – teamed with unparalleled operational range – ensures that HUGIN Endurance is well equipped for advanced situational awareness scanning and mapping/inspection activities for far-field applications such as offshore wind farms. The HUGIN Endurance is no exception it can be equipped with a wide array of sensors, including the high-resolution KONGSBERG HiSAS synthetic aperture sonar, a wide swath multibeam echosounder, sub-bottom profiler, and magnetometer, together with other sensors to detect parameters such as methane, current, and turbidity. HUGIN AUVs already set the standard for autonomous underwater operations thanks to their rugged reliability and accurate, cutting-edge sensor payloads. Whether it is a long-range military survey, wide-area mine detection, classification, identification, or even patrolling a chokepoint listening for submarines, this new extended range capability offers new solutions to existing and future challenges. MBR allows it to surface and share large quantities of data swiftly with any suitably equipped installation, such as another vessel, shore station, or a wind turbine fitted with an MBR antenna.įor defense applications, HUGIN Endurance makes persistence a reality. With this in mind, KONGSBERG has added its Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) communications system to HUGIN Endurance’s payload. Shore-to-Shore operations offer the opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint for commercial activities and yet retain unrivaled data resolution and accuracy.
This longevity allows HUGIN Endurance to undertake extensive missions without the support of a mothership. Named HUGIN Endurance, the new AUV boosts operational duration to approximately 15 days, enabling comprehensive survey and inspection missions far from shore. Kongsberg Maritime launches the next generation of its advanced HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the company announced with a press release.
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