{"id":73528,"date":"2025-11-15T12:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73528"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:24:54","slug":"man-portable-autonomous-underwater-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/man-portable-autonomous-underwater-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, new generations of man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (MP-AUVs) have been successfully developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is developed for <\/span><b>mine countermeasure missions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is developed by the Naval Science &amp; Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam of <\/span><b>Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (DRDO).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rapid Response:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It offers rapid response capability with <\/span><b>reduced operational risk and logistic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> footprint for naval mine warfare applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Autonomous Classification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>deep learning based target recognition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> algorithms enabling autonomous classification, significantly reducing operator workload and mission time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced equipment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>comprises multiple AUVs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equipped with <\/span><b>Side Scan Sonar and Under Water cameras<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as primary payloads for real-time detection &amp; classification of Mine-Like Objects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enhanced situational awareness:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a robust <\/span><b>underwater acoustic communication network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which allows seamless data exchange between AUVs during missions and providing greater situational awareness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>the R&amp;D wing of the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was <\/span><b>formed in 1958<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by merging the then-existing Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the <\/span><b>Directorate of Technical Development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Production (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTDP) with the <\/span><b>Defence Science Organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (DSO).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for the indigenous design, development and production of <\/span><b>state-of-the-art weapon systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> required by the Armed Forces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2190096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man-Portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are developed for mine countermeasure missions. 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