NURC's ISE Explorer-class AUV Specifications

NOAA's Undersea Research Center University of North Carolina at Wilmington National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration site map NURC's AUVs
SpecificationsDescription
Weight950kg
Size5m (length) x 0.68m (diameter)
Depth2200m
Speed1.5 m/s (cruise), 2.5 m/s (max)
Range194km


PayloadDescription
NavigationKearfott SEADeViL DVL-aided strapdown inertial (subsea); Sound Ocean Systems GPSR-X015G WAAS-enabled GPS receiver (surface)
CommunicationsLinkQuest TrackLink 5000HA acoustic modem (subsea); Data-Line SRM6310E 2.4 GHz Ethernet radio modem (surface); Iridium 9522 Iridium satellite modem (surface); Ethernet hardwire (surface)
EnergyMountain Power Labs MP=546-3 Li-ion rechargeable modules
TrackingLinkQuest TrackLink 5000HA ultra-short baseline acoustic tracking
Collision avoidanceKongsberg 1007 altimeter
Depth sensorParoscientific Digiquartz 9000 pressure transducer
FeaturesPop-off recovery buoy, retractable mast, emergency strobe and locator beacon
PayloadsKongsberg EM-2000 200 kHz 120° multibeam echo sounder (MBES); Sea-Bird SBE49 FastCAT conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) probe
Multibeam Processing SoftwareCARIS HIPS/SIPS hydrographic data processing system
Diagram of the inner workings of the Explorer-class AUV