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IMDEX Asia: ST Engineering pushes new unmanned tech

18th May 2017 - 09:00 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Singapore

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ST Engineering is highlighting three unmanned products at IMDEX Asia 2017: the Mercury AUV, the Venus family of USVs and a conceptual long-endurance USV.

The latter is new. Called the Long Endurance Unmanned Surface Vessel (LEUSV), it is a 45m-long craft ‘equipped with advanced autonomy technologies’.

Boasting an intelligent power management system to give a 28-day endurance, it also employs computational fluid dynamic techniques for greater speed, higher manoeuvrability and better seakeeping. 

An ST Engineering image depicts the LEUSV acting as a mothership for a rigid-hulled inflatable boat.

ST Electronics, in conjunction with DSO National Laboratories, has also

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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