The Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is part of an additional search effort from the Navy to locate the airliner, presumed to have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia.
The torpedo shaped AUV can operate almost up to three miles underneath the waves and is equipped with a variety of sonar and cameras that could possibly detect debris at the depths of the ocean floor and transmit locations to nearby motherships on the surface.
Depth Rating | 14,763 ft (4,500 m) | ||
Endurance | 25 hours @ 3 knots with standard payload | ||
Speed | Up to 4.5 knots | ||
Energy | 13.5 kWh of total energy Nine 1.5 kWh battery packs Lithium-polymer, pressure-tolerant |
Standard Payloads
(others available) EdgeTech 2200-M 120/410 kHz side scan sonar
(option: EdgeTech 230/850 kHz dynamically focused)
EdgeTech DW-216 sub-bottom profiler
Reson 7125 400 kHz multibeam echosounder
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