GAVIA - The Great Northern Diver
The GAVIA autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a fully modular, man portable vehicle available in depth ratings in excess of 1000 meters and custom vehicles with depth ratings of 2000 meters.
GAVIA is very capable autonomous system in a small and easily deployable package that can be configured with a variety of sensors for a wide range of research, surveying or monitoring tasks.
Features
• Fully modular
• Varied depth ratings with 200m, 500m, 1000+m and 2000 meter custom vehicles available
• Shrouded propeller and control surfaces
• A wide selection of sensors available
• Inertial and acoustic navigation options
• Over-the-horizon operation and servicing
• Expandable control software
• Chart-based graphical mission planning
• Simple to operate
• Low operating cost
Benefits of Modularity
• Highly portable
• Reconfigurable
• Rapid battery replacement
• Increase range with extra battery module
• Easy accommodation of new technologies
• Custom configurable
• Reduced maintenance cost
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