Oceaneering International, a Norway-based company that provides various underwater services, announced this week its plans to purchase its first unmanned surface vehicle (USV) DriX from Exail. DriX (youtube) is expected to be used to support deepwater geophysical surveys and asset inspections, including autonomous positioning of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV), shelf and near-shelf surveys.
The use of USV is expected to help Oceaneering increase operational efficiency, reducing mission time. The USV will provide ROV positioning based on a satellite positioning system with dual independent correction using the C-NAV Oceaneering system (youtube). This will allow for longer ROV surveys without the need for intermediate resurfacing, and improve data reliability.
The DriX USV was introduced in 2016. The vehicle is capable of autonomous operations under the control of CortiX software based on AI and modern sensors.
- Length: 7,71 m
- Width: 0.824 m
- Height: 3.2 m
- Displacement: 1.4 t
- Hull material: carbon-kevlar composite material
- Weight: 1380 kg
- Power plant: 38 hp diesel engine
- Fuel tank: 250 l (average consumption: 2 l/h)
- Propulsion: one straight shaft with one fixed propeller
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