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Home» News»ECA GROUP’s A18D UUV Tested by French Navy’s Hydrographic Service
A18D UUV (ECA picture)

ECA GROUP’s A18D UUV Tested by French Navy’s Hydrographic Service

The A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was recently evaluated by the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), the French Navy and the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shom) as part of the Future Hydrographic and Oceanographic Capacity (CHOF) programme.

Naval News Staff 11 Oct 2021

ECA Group press release

The aim of this armament programme is to update and develop France’s current capacity for oceanographic and hydrographic data acquisition and processing.

Embarked on the French Navy’s Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel (BSAM) Rhône, the A18D AUV performed a large variety of missions to precisely map the relief and sea beds down to 3000m depth, in the currents and swell of the Atlantic.

The example of the A18D tested showed a high level of reliability and proved to be easy to install and operate, thanks to its optimised size-to-weight ratio (5.7m-780kg) and its intuitive user interface.

With ECA GROUP’s supervision, the onboard crews of the DGA, the French Navy and the Shom were able to take charge of the AUV and be autonomous at all stages of the mission: from the preparation, launching, supervision of the measurement campaigns, up to recovering the vehicle and the data obtained.

SAS tile mosaic, resolution 3cm (ECA picture)

These trials have allowed the A18D’s maturity to be measured. Moreover, the richness of the feedback allowed the teams to evaluate the potential of using a drone to accompany and enrich hydrooceanography missions.

The quality of the very high resolution images acquired by the A18D was recognised.

Surveying seabeds is of prime importance to ensure the integrity of the equipment laid on them (communication cables, pipelines, etc.) and through which 95% of the world’s information flows. Its purpose is to search for debris or wrecks and to locate possible malicious systems. The A18D offers a balance between compactness, endurance, performance, modularity, data quality, innovation and competitiveness. It can provide a sectorial solution for these missions

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