UK MoD Orders AUVs

The REMUS units will greatly enhance the Royal Navy's mine countermeasures capability within the littoral area, providing a detailed maritime survey, mine detection and classification capability in the 30m to 200m depth range.

Scheduled to enter service with the Royal Navy in early 2009, the REMUS 600 AUV systems will have a primary role of mine reconnaissance, so called MCM Recce, but can also be tasked to conduct hydrographic surveys and environmental assessments. In addition, the systems can be used in a general search and salvage role in support of humanitarian operations involving both military and civilian authorities. Hydroid's REMUS AUVs were also selected by the Royal Navy because they are individually deployable assets, capable of being moved at short notice by sea, land and air.

Hydroid has teamed with Babcock Design & Technology (BD&T), a business unit within Babcock Engineering Services, a U.K. based leading Support Services company with offices in Rosyth, Scotland and Weymouth, Dorset. BD&T will assist Hydroid by providing programme and risk management, trials support, ship installation design and safety assessment as well as assistance in providing U.K. based training and logistical support for the five year duration of the in-service support phase.

The partnership between Hydroid and BD&T was first established in 2005 during the highly successful contract to provide a very shallow water capability in the format of REMUS 100 vehicles to the Royal Navy.

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