£3m funding for ASV Ltd
UK-based ASV Ltd is to carry out further research and development for Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) after receiving more than £3m funding from Innovate UK.
Three separate projects involving ASV will look to address different areas of MAS activity, including software and communications, operations and regulations, autonomous vehicle interaction and launch and recovery.
“ASV is delighted to be leading this pivotal research and development that will help secure the UK’s place at the cutting edge of maritime autonomy,” said Dan Hook, managing director.
In preparation for a rise in demand for the operation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), ASV will work with D-RisQ, Cranfield University and Frazer Nash Consultancy to develop and prove this capability. The project will address software development as well as collision avoidance and regulatory considerations.
ASV will use the C-Enduro alongside the National Oceanography Centre’s Autosub Long Range to develop a low cost, integrated, shore based method of surveying the full water column. This company says this autonomous surface/sub-surface survey system project also involving Sonardyne and SeeByte will offer long term and low cost surveying and monitoring operations for the offshore energy and mining industry.
In addition, the development of a system for launching and recovering an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) from a USV will see ASV collaborate with Planet Ocean, NOC and the University of Southampton.
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Formed in 1998, ASV provides unmanned marine systems using the latest advances in autonomous technology for the science and survey, military and security, and oil and gas industries.
By Rachael Doyle
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