LRAUV

LRAUV is Saab's long-range autonomous underwater vehicle based on MBARI's Tethys platform. It combines propeller-driven AUV power with glider-like endurance, modular payloads and Wi-Fi, cellular, satellite and acoustic communications for shipless ocean data collection.

Facts

  • Company: Saab
  • Type: Long Range Auv
  • Positioning: Shipless ocean monitoring
  • Function: Collects ocean data over exceptionally long ranges using low-power transit and drift modes
  • Audience: Oceanographic researchers and marine monitoring operators
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.saab.com/markets/united-states/products/naval/lrauv

Specifications

  • Diameter In: 12 in
  • Weight: Approximately
  • Speed Knots: 0–2.5 knots
  • Range Km: >1,000 km at 1 knot with lithium; >2,000 km at 1.5 knots with lithium primary
  • Operational Depth M: 1,500 m option
  • Communications: Wi-Fi, cellular, satellite link and acoustic communications
  • Payload Architecture: Modular payload capabilities

Market context

Oceanographic researchers and marine monitoring operators

  • Peer Group: Commercial Survey AUV, Autonomous underwater vehicle, Marine Autonomy System
  • Workflow: Underwater Robotics, Marine data collection
  • S-Series All-Terrain AUVs - Eelume - Auv

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Timeline

  • Saab licenses MBARI LRAUV for U.S. production and sale - 2023-09-27 - Product Launch - MBARI had accumulated more than 40,000 operational at-sea hours across its LRAUV fleet before the agreement. The platform supports modular scientific and defense payloads, shore launch, over-the-horizon control and an optional… - source: saab.com

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