Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

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Recently, new generations of man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (MP-AUVs) have been successfully developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

About Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

• It is developed for mine countermeasure missions.
• It is developed by the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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Key Features of Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

• Rapid Response: It offers rapid response capability with reduced operational risk and logistic footprint for naval mine warfare applications.
• Autonomous Classification: It has deep learning based target recognition algorithms enabling autonomous classification, significantly reducing operator workload and mission time.
• Advanced equipment: It comprises multiple AUVs equipped with Side Scan Sonar and Under Water cameras as primary payloads for real-time detection & classification of Mine-Like Objects.
• Enhanced situational awareness: It has a robust underwater acoustic communication network which allows seamless data exchange between AUVs during missions and providing greater situational awareness.

Key Facts about Defence Research and Development Organisation

• It is the R&D wing of the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies.
• Formation: It was formed in 1958 by merging the then-existing Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation (DSO).
• It is responsible for the indigenous design, development and production of state-of-the-art weapon systems required by the Armed Forces.
• Headquarters: New Delhi.

Source: PIB