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Fast Turn-around between Dives
The stand-alone, pressure-tolerant battery and data modules are both easily exchanged for fresh units through a hatch in the top of the AUV.
Changing the battery and data modules eliminates the time to recharge the batteries and download data, doubling the effective operational tempo.
Low self-noise, outstanding dynamic control, and world class magnetic and inertial navigation solutions further ensures superior payload data quality.
Ease of Use
The Bluefin-9 AUV autonomously collects side-scan sonar and CTD data in any area of interest.
It has been designed with the operator in mind, from its user-friendly software to the integrated launch and recovery handles that enable a single person to deploy the system from a variety of ships and small boats. Modular and Field Maintainable
The Bluefin-9 is based on Bluefin’s proven free-flooded vehicle architecture that maximizes payload volume without increasing the system’s overall weight and facilitates in-field servicing and maintenance.
Thanks to their user-friendly batteries, Bluefin AUVs ship without ever opening a pressure vessel, thus ensuring reliability by eliminating several failure modes.
Accurate Navigation
The Bluefin-9’s excellent autonomous navigation accuracy eliminates the need for acoustic beacons.
This navigation system has consistently demonstrated the most accurate non-inertial, non-acoustically aided survey of any commercial or military autonomous underwater vehicle.
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