Seaeye Cougar

The Seaeye Cougar has been developed in close co-operation with Italian ROV operator DNT Offshore. The requirements of this operator included an ROV with the full interface capability of a Seaeye Lynx but with much greater payload and thrust to accommodate a wider range of tooling options for both survey-drill support and other operations to a maximum depth rating of 2,000 metres. To meet this challenge, Seaeye retained the shape of Lynx but increased the overall dimensions of the ROV by about 25 per cent and then added suitably rated buoyancy to increase the payload from Lynx's 34kg to Cougar's 80kg. With these changes the vehicle's weight in air goes up to 335Kg.
The increased thrust necessary for this larger ROV is provided by the new SM6 thruster; this is a development of the well established SM5 used in the Seaeye Panther and Panther Plus. Four vectored and two vertical SM6 thrusters provide the Cougar with an increase of 50 per cent forward thrust over the Seaeye Lynx and increases of 40 per cent and 67 per cent thrust in the lateral and vertical directions, respectively.