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Russian Navy buying Icelandic Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

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Naval Forces News - Russia, Iceland
 
 
 
Russian Navy buying Icelandic Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
 
The Russian Navy is buying eight AUVs from Teledyne Gavia for a total of €19 millions. Three of the autonomous underwater vehicles will be delivered this. The remaining five will be delivered in 2013 and 2014 according to russian paper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports.
     

The Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Performing Seabed Survey
Gavia Video.
     
The Russian Navy is buying eight AUVs from Teledyne Gavia for a total of €19 millions. Three of the autonomous underwater vehicles will be delivered this. The remaining five will be delivered in 2013 and 2014 according to russian paper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports.
The Gavia Defence AUV
(Picture: Gavia)
     
The Gavia Defence AUV is a self contained, low logistics survey tool capable of delivering high quality data while operating from vessels of opportunity or even from the shore.

Gavia Defence Features:
  • Self-contained survey system operated from a vessel of opportunity
  • Fully modular, field swappable modules
  • Highly mobile and packs into FedEx shippable cases
  • Quick mobilization / demobilization. No installation or calibration of peripherals required
  • Small logistical footprint with no specialized equipment required to operate the system
  • Easy to use chart-based graphical user interface for mission planning, execution and review
  • Compatible with a variety of third party post processing packages including SeeTrack
  • Over the horizon communications through Iridium
  • Wide array of additional sensors available
  • All data time synchronized and stored in manufacturer’s original format, all vehicle logs in an open format
  • Additional modules can be purchased as mission requirements evolve

Typical Defence & Law Enforcement Applications:

  • Mine Counter Measures (MCM)
  • Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) training
  • Rapid environmental assessment (REA)
  • Surveillance
  • Search and recovery
  • Port security
  • Specialized payloads
  • Research