According to information published by
company officials, REMUS 620 is the most rugged mid-range UUV. Size, weight and
other specifications are similar to Littoral Battleship Sensing-Autonomous
Undersea Vehicle (LBS-AUV). The new platform is planned to use by the U.S.
Naval Office of Oceanography and its submarine fleet.
The UUV has 110 hours of maximum
loitering time, dependent on mission planning and environmental conditions. The
underwater system can reach 275 nautical miles of operational range. These
parameters drop to 70 hours and 200 nautical miles when the vessel is equipped
with a synthetic aperture radar payload.
The importance of underwater drones
is increasing. Systems can offer stealth reconnaissance and surveillance
capability, and oceanographic measurements even attack the enemy to the user,
thanks to the size and acoustic signature features. UUVs are hard to detect as
well. Range capacity also allows anonymous tasks. New technological steps will
enable the development of more capable, enhanced similar systems.
