GeoAcoustics Demonstrates Man-Portable AUV

摘要

In March, GeoAcoustics Singapore demonstrated a man-portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at the historic Changi Sailing Club in Singapore. The Gavia AUV (from Hafmynd, Iceland) was fitted with a GeoSwath Plus 500 kHz sonar from GeoAcoustics Ltd, U.K. The GeoSwath Plus sonar allows wide swath bathymetry and side scan data to be collected from small vessels of opportunity in water depths up to 200 meters beneath the transducers. The vehicle can collect data "up to the beach", according to Ralf Timm, Singapore office general manager.