SeaRobotics to build Marlin Mk3

15th December 2015 - 11:30 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Lockheed Martin has appointed SeaRobotics to manufacturer its Marlin Mk3 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the company announced on 14 December.

The AUV is designed to conduct deep-water survey, pipeline inspection and life of field support services for oil and gas.

Able to operate at depths of 4,000m, the Marlin Mk3 has a modular, plug and play mission package architecture and dual AUV/Remote Operated Vehicle propulsion modes.

The system can be equipped with sensor packages including side scan, multi-beam, 3D, sub-bottom profiler, synthetic aperture sonars, and high resolution video, still photo, and laser profilers, enabling autonomous data acquisition, processing, analysis and response. Its 44kWh battery provides mission endurance up to 24hrs and an operational range greater than 100km per charge.

Rich Holmberg, vice president, Lockheed Martin Mission and Unmanned Systems, said: ‘Lockheed Martin’s Marlin Mk3 allows offshore service providers to take on a wider range of deep-water survey and inspection operations than other AUVs, and its plug and play design enables rapid adoption of new sensor, navigation, communication, and energy technologies.

'Lockheed Martin has over 20 years of experience in deploying innovative AUV solutions and the Marlin Mk3 takes these unmanned solutions to the next level.’

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