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Scottish Association for Marine Science takes delivery of a Gavia AUV

21st July 2015

Teledyne Gavia, Iceland, part of the Teledyne Marine Systems group of companies, has announced it has completed the sale and delivery of a Gavia Offshore Surveyor AUV to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, Scotland.

 

The Gavia AUV selected by SAMS is rated to 500 metres depth and includes an interferometric bathymetry system as its primary scientific sensor and utilises a high-accuracy Doppler velocity log (Teledyne RD Instruments, USA) aided inertial navigation system for subsea positioning. Additional modules can be added as SAMS AUV mission requirements evolve. The SAMS Gavia AUV will be known as Freya after the Norse goddess of beauty and will be employed for a variety of scientific applications including habitat mapping and geomorphology.

 

Dr John Howe, senior lecturer in marine geology at SAMS, said: “SAMS are delighted to receive the Gavia AUV on behalf of the NERC (UK Natural Environment Research Council) MARS (Marine Autonomous and Robotics) community. We have been especially impressed by the vehicle’s adaptability and ease of use and the GeoSwath+ data has been excellent. We look forward to working closely with Gavia in the future.”

 

“We are delighted to have a world-class scientific organisation such as SAMS join our growing group of Gavia scientific users. The modular design of the Gavia AUV gives scientific organisations the flexibility they need to add or change modules, or develop custom payloads, in response to changing mission requirements,” said Arnar Steingrimsson, director of vehicle sales at Teledyne Marine Systems.

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