SeaBotix vLBV300 ROV in air-deployed MCM exercise

摘要

SeaBotix, USA, reports that its vLBV300 ROV has taken part in a groundbreaking MCM test exercise put on by the US Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit One (EODTEU ONE) in San Diego, USA. Two small combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) containing the vLBV and an AUV were launched from a C-130 aircraft via parachute to the ocean off Southern California and followed by a contingent of US Navy EOD technicians. It is estimated the equipment hit the surface of the ocean at up to six metres per second in the partially-inflated CRRCs. The team then readied the gear and deployed the AUV to scan for any targets.