Less than two years after design efforts began, HII continues testing the third generation of its medium-class unmanned undersea vehicle (MUUV), the REMUS 620.
In recent sea trials, conducted on Aug. 14 in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, a REMUS 620 successfully completed a mission outfitted with a KRAKEN MINSAS 120 Synthetic Aperture Sonar, delivering high-resolution imagery of a mission target.
“We gained a lot of valuable operational data using the KRAKEN MINSAS 120,” said Adrian Gonsalves, lead engineer for the REMUS 620. “These sea tests, combined with our extensive use of hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop simulations, allowed us to greatly accelerate the continuous improvements to this third generation MUUV.”
HII’s Mission Technologies division will deliver the first two production REMUS 620s to a customer later this month.
For more information on REMUS UUVs, visit:
https://hii.com/what-we-do/capabilities/unmanned-systems/
Cover Photo: The REMUS 620 third-generation MUUV being loaded for sea tests near the Unmanned Systems production facility in Pocasset, Mass
Pictured above is the test crew preparing the REMUS 620 MUUV for launch and operational sea tests in Buzzards Bay, near the Unmanned Systems production facility in Pocasset, Mass. Also pictured in the foreground is a REMUS 300 UUV.
Pictured above is a high-resolution synthetic aperture sonar image from the KRAKEN MINSAS 120, operating for the first time on a REMUS 620 in Buzzards Bay near the Unmanned Systems production facility in Pocasset, Mass.
Pictured above is the REMUS 620 MUUV returning to the support boat from a successful operational sea test in Buzzards Bay, near the Unmanned Systems production facility in Pocasset, Mass.
