![]() The design has been developed around Kongsberg’s automated Launch and Recovery (LAR) with battery charging through inductive power providing true over the horizon operations. This configuration has been designed to cover most geophysical survey requirements, as well as mine-countermeasures, rapid environmental assessment, search and recovery, as well as the survey of critical national infrastructure.įrom inception HUGIN Edge is designed to operate from Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs), small surface vessels and from shore. The general arrangement includes the next generation of KONGSBERG synthetic aperture sonar, a high frequency multibeam echosounder and a swappable camera or sub-bottom profiler. ![]() ![]() It is packaged with the latest battery technology to provide more than 24 hours operation at depths of up to 1000 metres. Measuring less than 4 metres long, HUGIN Edge weighs approximately 300kg. It is these in-mission edge-processing capabilities that drive step-changes in both performance and efficiency for all operations. ![]() In-mission adaptive execution allows HUGIN Edge to make several decisions autonomously, continuously replanning during mission execution as more information about the surrounding environment is gathered by the sensors. Mission objectives may include sounding density, or detection probability enabling the AUV to calculate the actual waypoints, operational parameters and sensor configuration. The mission planning capabilities provides a higher-level mission planning interface, requiring less specialist knowledge and input by the operator. Central to these are goal-based mission planning tools and mission execution. There are also new tools specifically designed to optimise results for every deployment. To enable greater interoperability, the vehicle is equipped with the latest open interfaces for integration to 3rd party planning and mission management tools. These include an innovative forward looking sonar design providing 3D sensing capabilities for improved trajectory planning and directional collision avoidance coupled to traditional forward scanning methodology. HUGIN Edge includes significant new features and capabilities. HUGIN Edge stands out as a next-generation vehicle designed specifically to answer the performance and efficiency challenges set by the modern world. The new design combines elements of HUGIN’s carbon monocoque approach used with success for the last 20 years coupled to extensive hydrodynamic modelling to refine the hull’s low-drag shape. Other payloads can include conventional sidescan sonars, sub-bottom profilers, scientific multibeam sonars, and a variety of other active and passive sensors to address specific mission requirements.Delivering exceptional durability and reliability, configured for ease of deployment from all platforms and offering class-leading sensor and navigation performance, HUGIN Edge is the newest member of the HUGIN family of AUVs. When combined, these bathymetric sensors can generate imagery of 20 cm resolution across a 750 m wide swath when the AUV is travelling at 3.5 kt and 40 m altitude and potentially map an area of up to 1,100 km 2 in size on a single mission. It can also be equipped with the EM series of multibeam echo sounders, with the latest EM 2040 Mk II offering a swath coverage sector of up to 170° with a single receiver, as well as refined software processing algorithms for improved data quality. The AUV can also be configured with a range of sensors focused on mission capabilities and situational awareness, such as the HISAS 1032 dual-receiver synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), which is claimed to be capable of generating a 1,000 m swath at 2.5 kt with a typical resolution of 5×5 cm for SAS imagery. Concept art of the new long-range HUGIN Endurance AUV.
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