AUV Contracts from Royal Australian Navy

Hydroid has won two contracts from the Australian Department of Defence. The first contract was awarded by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), for Hydroid’s REMUS 600 AUV, marking the first sale of a REMUS 600 outside of the U.S. The second was granted by the Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) for a REMUS 100, the world’s most proven and reliable AUV.

With the REMUS 600, which is designed to operate to depths of 600 metres, the RAN will be able to bolster its research and defense capabilities and perform operations requiring an underwater vehicle with extended endurance, increased payload capacity and greater operating depth.

The DSTO is the Australian government’s lead agency charged with applying science and technology to protect and defend the nation. As part of its undersea warfare research, the DSTO was searching for a reliable AUV that could be used for a variety of research missions, but also easily deployed and recovered. Weighing in at less than eighty pounds, and with the ability to be fitted with a wide variety of sensors and system options, the REMUS 100 was well-suited to the DSTO’s requirements.

Hydroid's REMUS AUVs can be fitted with a number of different types of sensors and cameras and have been used to aid in hydrographic surveys, harbor security operations, debris field mapping and scientific sampling and mapping. Hydroid’s AUVs are currently being used by many navies around the world, including the U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and German Navy.