Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Payloads
Brooke Ocean Technology (USA) Inc. can provide a variety of payloads and instrument handling systems for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) applications.
BOT USA leverages world-class expertise with automated cable handling and launch and recovery systems to develop turnkey payloads for unmanned surface vehicles.
Potential payloads for USV handling systems include:
- Sidescan Sonar
- Towed Arrays
- Dipping Sonar
- Mini AUV
- Expendable Mine Neutralizers
- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- Underway Water Column Profilers: Sound Velocity, CTD, etc. (ODIM MVP™)
- Geotechnical Seabed Data Collectors: Free Fall Cone Penetrometer (FFCPT)
A multi-functional system can be supplied that is capable of handling a variety of payloads with some minor reconfiguration for each.“Base” components designed to stay on the USV can be permanently or semi-permanently installed, such as:
- Lightweight Slip Ring Winch
- Overboarding Mechanism
- Control Systems
- Hydraulic Power Supply
In the image at the right, you can see some of the various "kits" (numbered) that could be installed on the single "base" system:
- UUV Kit
- Towed Sonar Kit
- Dipping Sonar Kit
We have experience installing payloads on small craft similar to USVs. Shown here is a custom-designed towed body handling system installed on a RHIB. The system consisted of a lightweight, slip ring-equipped aluminum winch and a small A-frame.
ODIM Spectrum, an affiliate of BOT USA, supply lightweight winch and handling technology for sensors deployed from helicopters. This technology is ideally suited for USVs, where installations can be configured to customer requirements.
Also, a major investment has been made by Brooke Ocean Technology USA's sister company, ODIM Brooke Ocean,
in the development of the Moving Vessel Profiler™, an automated water column profiling system that incorporates a winch and overboarding boom. The MVP control system can be readily adapted for operating instruments such as towed sonars, dipping sonars and towed arrays from USVs.News Release:
Brooke Ocean Technology USA has recently been awarded an STTR Contract and is teaming up with Vehicle Control Technologies (VCT Inc.) and Professor Louis Goodman at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School of Marine Science and Technology on a project entitled, “Automated Launch and Recovery of Small, Untethered Unmanned Underwater Vehicles from Unmanned Surfaced Vehicles.” Read the press release here.
Contact Brooke Ocean Technology USA Inc. for more information on Unmanned Surface Vehicle payloads and control systems or to discuss your particular application!
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