REAV-60

REAV-60 is HydroSurv’s long-endurance battery-hybrid survey USV for coastal hydrography, geophysics and subsea inspection. Interchangeable payload skids let one vessel support different sensing and ROV configurations.

Facts

  • Company: HydroSurv
  • Type: Long Endurance Survey Usv
  • Positioning: Modular battery-hybrid catamaran
  • Function: Coastal survey and subsea inspection
  • Audience: Hydrographic and offshore survey operators
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.hydro-surv.com/vessels/reav-60/

About

About REAV-60

REAV-60 is a 5.7-metre commercial-duty uncrewed surface vessel for hydrographic, geophysical and subsea inspection missions. Demountable demi-hulls and interchangeable payload skids allow the same aluminium catamaran platform to carry different survey packages, towing equipment or an inspection-class ROV and its umbilical.

The battery-hybrid powertrain combines a 24 kWh battery with dual 8 kW generators and twin steerable 8 kW rim-driven pod drives. A 380-litre fuel capacity supports extended campaigns, while the vessel carries up to 200 kg and reaches 6.5 knots. Its navigation and situational-awareness architecture is designed for beyond-visual-line-of-sight work, with 2.4/5 GHz radio, 4G/LTE and Starlink connectivity managed across the available links.

Specifications

  • Length M: 5.7 m
  • Waterline Length M: 5.32 m
  • Lightship Displacement Kg: 2,300 kg in hybrid configuration
  • Hull Form: Symmetrically hulled catamaran
  • Construction: 5083 marine-grade aluminium alloy
  • Power Propulsion: Battery-hybrid; twin 8 kW steerable rim-driven pod drives
  • Fuel Capacity L: 380 L
  • Max Speed Knots: 6.5 kn

Market context

Hydrographic and offshore survey operators

  • Peer Group: Autonomous Surface Vessel

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Operations

  • Customer Bound Units - 1 REAV-60 acquired by Blue Armada - Blue Armada acquired its first REAV-60, named Arctos 1; the July 2024 release scheduled delivery later that month. - source: hydro-surv.com

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