HUGIN

Survey-grade autonomous underwater vehicle family used for high-resolution seabed mapping, MCM and offshore inspection.

Reference Data

Manufacturer

Kongsberg Discovery

In production

Annual deliveries

10–25 vehicles / yrEstimate

Installed base

70–140 vehicles in serviceEstimate

First fielded

1997

Large survey-grade AUV

Specifications

Depth rating3,000 m / 4,500 m / 6,000 m variants

EnduranceUp to 74 h depending on battery

Speed2–6 knots

PayloadSynthetic aperture sonar, multibeam, sub-bottom profiler

NavigationInertial with DVL aiding and terrain referencing

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