AUV System Spec Sheet

VT 475 AUV configuration

Platform: VT 475 AUV
Manufacturer: Virginia Tech Autonomous Systems and Controls Laboratory

Summary

475 AUV
Overview
The Virginia Tech 475 AUV was developed to support a wide variety of research and development objectives. With six AUVs available, they are most often used for experiments in collaborative control and distributed data fusion.

Specifications
Length: 34 inches
diameter: 4.75 inches
Mass: 18.3 lbs.
Endurance: 8 hours @ 3 knots

Payloads
The 475 was designed to easily integrate a variety of payloads. Hard points are available for mounting external sensors. A bulkhead connector in the tail section provides regulated power and a data port. Payloads have included environmental sensors, a towed acoustic array, a magnetometer, and a forward looking sonar.