Oceandrone 30’
Oceandrone 30’ is an USV (Uncrewed Surface Vessel), equipped with state-of-the-art technology and advanced systems, allowing for a wide range of maritime missions.
Oceandrone 30’ boasts extensive modularity and adaptability features, guaranteeing its capacity to enhance maritime domain awareness and infrastructure protection. Beyond its military uses, Oceandrone® also serves a crucial role in the civilian sector, facilitating seabed mapping, pollution tracking, and conducting oceanographic surveys.
Oceandrone® AI control system enable it to collecting data and analysing it data collected are real-time to the ground control station, ensuring time sensitive early warning against threats and persistent maritime surveillance.
Oceandrone 30’ is propelled by wind energy through retractable wing sail that allows stealth operations complemented by an electric motor powered by solar cells. Together these solutions enable Oceandrone® to operate for long endurances and with no thermal & acoustic footprint.
Weather Station
Wing Sail
EO/IR Camera
LIDAR
EO/IR Camera
Positioning System
Radar
Communication
Hydrogenerator
Modular Gondola:
ADCP, Multibeam Sonar,
Sub bottom profiler, Hydrophone, USBL.
Key features
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Autonomous Navigation
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Artificial Intelligence
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Collision Avoidance
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Data Communication
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Sustainability
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Endurance
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Payloads
Autonomous
Navigation
Oceandrone®, AI’s system use robust Artificial Intelligence and decision-making modelling to improve USV operations and enable fully autonomous navigation, maximizing efficiency and safety.
OCEANDRONE includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) features, being:
- AI analyzes information gathered from cameras, Lidar, and sonar, enabling the identification and classification of vessels and foreign objects.
- AI analyzes weather data information enabling Oceandrone® to adapt its route to optimize safety and efficiency.
- In case of unexpected events or emergency situations, the AI can be programmed to respond appropriately, such as altering the route or notifying the control center.
Collision Avoidance System
- Oceandrone® is also equipped with a cutting-edge Collision Avoidance Technology
- The integration of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) into the Oceandrone’s situational awareness system might be a significant advantage to autonomous navigation.
- This efficient Autonomous Navigation System allows safe sailing in crowded and restricted waters.
Source: Graphs excerpted from Oceandrone 13’’ prototype validation tests
Data Communication
Oceandrone’s robust communication infrastructure, which includes terrestrial (UHF, 4G, 5G), satellite, and advanced underwater acoustic communication, enables it to serve as a communication hub between ground, air, sea, and submarine assets, facilitating an agile framework for the cooperative use of data sources
Sustainability
Eco-Friendly Propulsion:
- Solar panels for zero CO2 production.
- Sail propulsion for efficient wind energy utilization.
- Electric motor auxiliary propulsion for operational flexibility.
- Operates silently with zero thermal footprint.
Innovative Sail Design:
- Patented telescopic wing-sail, the “pocket wing.”
- Adaptable to weather conditions for optimal performance.
Endurance
- Oceandrone® boasts extended operational periods thanks to its sail and solar panels, eliminating the need for refueling.
- The endurance of Oceandrone® positions it as a reliable and efficient USV for a variety of applications, including surveillance, research and environmental monitoring.
Payload options
For carrying out this various type of mission, on Oceandrone® can be mounted:
Acoustic
- Multibeam Sonar
- Single beam sonar
- Hydrophone
- Underwater Communication Systems (USBL)
- Ocean current
Atmospheric
- Wind Speed and Direction
- Air Temperature and Humidity
- Barometric Pressure
Ocean
- Photosynetically Active Radiation
- Chlorophyll
- Pressure, Temperature and Conductivity
- Wave Height and period
- Dissolved Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
- Oil Spill Detector
Others
- Magnetometer
- Radar
- AIS (Automatic Identification System)
- EO/IR Camera (Electro-Optical/Infrared Camera)
- ESM (Electronic Support Measure)