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Undersea Technologies from Battelle and Bluefin Robotics to be featured at SAS '15

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Sea-Air-Space 2015 - Batelle and Bluefin Robotics press release
 
 
 
Undersea Technologies from Battelle and Bluefin Robotics to be featured at SAS '15
 
Mission persistence has long been one of the most vexing problems for naval forces. Battelle, and its subsidiary Bluefin Robotics, are enabling missions for the maritime industry around the world with a suite of tools that includes sophisticated navigational sensors and rugged, long-life power systems on unique Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). During SAS '15, Batelle and Bluefin will display comprehensive range of unmanned operation, power, and situational awareness solutions.
     
Mission persistence has long been one of the most vexing problems for naval forces. Battelle, and its subsidiary Bluefin Robotics, are enabling missions for the maritime industry around the world with a suite of tools that includes sophisticated navigational sensors and rugged, long-life power systems on unique Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). During SAS '15, Batelle and Bluefin will display comprehensive range of unmanned operation, power, and situational awareness solutions.
Proteus Dual Mode Underwater Vehicle
     
Every time a vessel must make a launch and recovery on the seas, it takes time, money and increases the risk to personnel. The industry is seeking ways to make submersibles stay underwater longer and travel farther. Battelle is helping enable those missions. It does so in a variety of ways including an underwater docking and replenishment station for undersea vehicles, lifecycle engineering, and use of sensors and submersibles.

Making a rare appearance at the industry’s largest trade show and conference, is Proteus, a Dual Mode Underwater Vehicle, in the Huntington Ingalls Industries. The large vehicle, which can operate in both manned and unmanned modes, was jointly developed by Battelle and Undersea Solutions Group, formerly The Columbia Group (TCG) Engineering Solutions Division, using Bluefin Robotics-developed batteries and autonomy.

This TCG division was acquired by HII earlier this year, making HII and Battelle co-owners of Proteus. Compared to conventionally-sized underwater vehicles, the Proteus can carry larger payloads and cover greater distances than previously possible.
     
Mission persistence has long been one of the most vexing problems for naval forces. Battelle, and its subsidiary Bluefin Robotics, are enabling missions for the maritime industry around the world with a suite of tools that includes sophisticated navigational sensors and rugged, long-life power systems on unique Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). During SAS '15, Batelle and Bluefin will display comprehensive range of unmanned operation, power, and situational awareness solutions.
Bluefin SandShark™ small autonomous underwater vehicle
     
Battelle will feature several different products at its booth, among them the Bluefin 21, which is a highly modular autonomous underwater vehicle able to carry multiple sensors and payloads at once. This model was used in the hunt for the missing Malaysian jetliner and its Bluefin 12 variant was used more recently in the discovery of the Japanese battleship Musashi wreckage. The SandShark™, a small autonomous underwater vehicle, offers an open platform for rapid AUV technology development, and the HorizonVue™ camera that provides live video feed with a 360-degree vantage point. It can be mounted on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to assist with visually surveying hard to see areas in complex operating environments, will also be highlighted on Batelle's booth.

The Batelle display is located at booth 1219.