Man-portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (MP-AUVs)

A new generation of Man-portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (MP-AUVs) have been successfully developed by the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam of DRDO for mine countermeasure missions.

• The system comprises multiple AUVs equipped with Side Scan Sonar and Under Water cameras as primary payloads for real-time detection & classification of Mine-Like Objects.

• The onboard deep learning based target recognition algorithms enable autonomous classification, significantly reducing operator workload and mission time.

• The recently-concluded field trials at NSTL/Harbour have successfully validated salient systems parameters and critical mission objectives.

Source: PIB