Hydrographic society

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1 Hydrographic society

2 We Design, Build and Operate Unmanned Marine Systems Make a disruptive, revolutionary change to working at sea: - Reduce costs - Improve operational flexibility - Reduce risk to human life - Improve data in terms of timeliness, quality and volume

3 About ASV Company Growing, high technology marine systems 60 employees worldwide ASV US opened May 2014 Provide rugged, reliable and effective unmanned marine systems Markets Military and Security (MCM, ASW, ISR) Oil and Gas Science and Survey Facilities 24,000 sq. ft. production facility Waterside location, slipways, moorings Modern 3D CAD equipped design office Boat fitting and testing bays Electronic/electrical prototyping lab 12,000 sq. ft. operational base in Broussard, LA Sales office in Houston, TX

4 ASV Design, Build and Operate Unmanned Marine Systems Military and Security: Marine Targets Military and Security: MCM and Surveillance systems Oil and Gas Science and Survey

5 Customers

6 SASS

7 Marine Target Drones

8 C-Target 6 Naval training targets LOA: 6.5m Aluminium, repairable hulls 125hp petrol outboard / diesel option UHF communications, COFDM video Redundant emergency stop system 35 knots + Inflatable and aluminium tow targets Autopilot modes

9 C-Target 3 Small, easily deployed training targets LOA: 3.5m Innovative 2-part hull allowing 4 systems to fit one standard 20 container Single lift point for ease of launch and recovery from mother vessel 25+ knots Autopilot modes

10 C-Target 9 Naval training targets LOA: 8.95m Highly survivable, aluminium, repairable hulls 300hp Mercury Verado engines UHF communications, COFDM video Redundant emergency stop system 50+ knots Autopilot modes

11 C-Target 13 Realistic manned or unmanned threat situation/training vessel LOA: 13m BOA: 2.9m Engines: Single 225hp or 2 x 350hp Manned or unmanned operations 25 knots (225hp) 50 knots (700hp)

12 Operations and Support On location trials support services Transportation of vehicles and kit to UK and international locations Qualified pilots and crew Experienced remote operators and support crew Remote vehicle operations from shore or offshore platform/mothership In-situ repairs for maximisation of operational time

13 Maintenance and Servicing Pre and post trial services Periodic maintenance and servicing Repair/reusability Storage/winterisation Vehicle upgrades and enhancements

14 Military and Security

15 C-Sweep Multi Role Mine Countermeasures ASV LOA: 11.5m BOA: 3.5m Engines: 2 x 480hp Diesels Manned and Unmanned Operations 30 knots maximum speed Mine sweep, mine hunt and hydrographic payloads 19kN at 15 knots tow force

16 Oil and Gas

17 C-Worker 6 Construction support ASV Design Features LOA: 5.85m BOA 2.2m Displacement ~ 3.5 metric tons with full payload and fuel Propulsion: 2 Diesel Generator sets (13kw each) driving two 10kw electrical pods via a battery bank, providing ~30 HP thrust at drive motors. Self righting (loaded or light) Aluminum Hull (8mm thick bottom); Swappable instrument payload Fully redundant propulsion and communication system AIS Collision Avoidance System Self supporting on deck (twin skegs); High-Strength Tie Down Points Up to 30 days endurance at cruise 4.5 Kts, Max speed 6.5 Kts

18 C-Worker 6 Construction support ASV Sensor options 2013 C-Nav DGPS & UHF Control Radio Link Standard C-Mariner Attitude Sensor/INS inertial system Multibeam Sonars (bathymetry, leak detection, structure integrity) ADCPs (multiple frequencies surface to 700m 75/150/300/600 KHz) Magnetometers (mobile or base station) Integrated self-calibrating INS+USBL systems (Sonardyne, others) Sound velocity sensors (Sonardyne PIES; CTDs) Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) and Sound Source Verification (SSV) KHz for marine mammal detection Surface Camera/Imagery Radar / AIS navigation aids

19 C-Enduro

20 C-Enduro Key features Long Endurance Maritime Unmanned Surface Vehicle. Persistent presence for the collection of offshore data. 3 month endurance. Large payload capacity. Rugged Carbon fibre, self righting hull. Diesel, Solar and Wind power options. Applications and sensors Advanced energy harvesting design can be used for research, military and commercial applications. Metocean & Oceanographic data collection. Renewable energy surveys. Marine construction support. Environmental surveys e.g. CO2 monitoring. Seismic support e.g. PAM Data gateway e.g. AUV, ROV, Glider to satellite Security and situational awareness.

21 ASView Control System Introduction Designed from the outset specifically for use on Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV s) Can be integrated with almost any vessel type. Enables the control of ASV s at autonomy levels 0,1 and 2. Full manual control up to automated mission following. In continuous development since 2008 with around 20 man years of effort and 250,000 lines of code. Another 20 man years of effort programmed and funded for the next two years to accelerate development of level 3 and 4 autonomy which enables autonomous algorithms to control vehicle safety of navigation and adapt missions as required with and without human oversight Developed and supported by a highly skilled team of dedicated software, electrical and robotics engineers with extensive real world experience of using ASV s at sea Used on over 60 ASV s to date comprised of 20 different vessel designs.

22 Control systems Direct Manual Control (Low latency) Heading Hold Waypoint following (on-fly changes) Line Following (minimum XTE) Range of communication links Radio (LOS) and Satcom (OTH) Integration to third party software (Hypack, 4D Nav, EuroNav..) Redundant safety systems AIS monitoring Collision avoidance tools in dev. Single/multiple video cameras Payload integration (sonars etc.)

23 ASView Control System Control Station 1 ASView-Core Vehicle System ASView-Base Radio Enclosure ASView-Bridge User Interface ASView-Helm Remote Control Control Stations 2-n USV Vessel Systems Deck or Dock Control ASView-Helm Remote Control

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25 Control Systems

26 Control Systems

27 Research and Development In March 2015, ASV was awarded funding by Innovate UK to undertake in excess of 3million worth of R&D for Maritime Autonomous Systems. The work will be carried out in partnership with nine other commercial and research organisations. The projects will look to address the following key areas of marine autonomy development: Over the horizon communications and COLREGS Combining USVs and UUVs for marine surveys Launch and recovery of an AUV from a USV Operating USVs in rough weather conditions

28 Shallow survey data set C-Cat 2 Inshore survey Lake and river survey Small MBES systems Easily portable C-Worker 6 Competed data set in 20 hours one of only 2 systems to complete whole area Currently running 140km of lines per day alongside NOAA in GoM

29 Payloads C-Cat 2 payload R2Sonic 2020 SBG C-Worker 6 Payload R2Sonic 2022 Applanix

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33 CT-3 Test platform Moon pool added to enable additional sensor testing Simple single outboard system Easily road transportable

34 Payload system Liftable payload for trailer launch and recovery Large payload space and volume Limit power provision due to outboard Single solid unit

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