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Kongsberg Discovery, based in Norway, recently announced that factory acceptance testing for its long-range Hugin Endurance autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has concluded with the first production model. Underwater exploration capabilities will advance significantly with the introduction of this ground-breaking long-range AUV.
September 2023 featured the start of sea testing for the first production unit. Kongsberg Discovery tested the AUV extensively in the months that followed to confirm and improve every aspect of its capabilities.
Hugin Endurance is made for various uses, including environmental monitoring, surveillance of offshore infrastructure, and oceanographic research on the seabed. Its capacity to transport a variety of payloads under client needs exemplifies its flexibility. The HUGIN Endurance has unrivaled range and endurance when compared to other AUVs. It can sail for up to 15 days at sea on a full battery pack, covering an amazing 2,200 kilometres (1,200 nautical miles).
This increased reach makes it possible to thoroughly explore large underwater regions that were previously unthinkable with conventional AUVs.
"I am pleased with the team's dedication, and we are reaching yet another important turning point in our company's history. Martin Wien Fjell, President of Kongsberg Discovery, remarked, "The project has been delivered in record time and a big thank you to everybody who has contributed to this success."
"Endurance can accommodate whatever kind of payload a customer wants, whether for seabed mapping or inspection, oceanography, continuous surveys of offshore wind parks, or as a surveillance tool for critical subsea infrastructure or changes in ecosystems," stated Fjell, expressing the great interest that the HUGIN Endurance programme has generated from both the defense industry and commercial operators. A major accomplishment is delivering the initial system, and we'll keep working to provide more features.
Hugin Endurance, the largest AUV in Kongsberg Discovery's HUGIN series, was launched in 2021. The system can be fitted with a large number of standard sensors, as stated by the company. These sensors include a multibeam echo sounder (EM 2040 MkII), magnetometer, colour camera, laser profiler, sub-bottom profiling system, wide-swath high-resolution synthetic aperture sonar (HISAS 1032 Dual RX), and environmental sensors that gather information on CO2 and O2 concentrations, conductivity, temperature, and sound speed.
Read more here- https://www.kongsberg.com/discovery/about-us/news-and-media/news-archive/20232/mission-accomplished-for-the-worlds-first-hugin-endurance/
