Huntington Ingalls to deliver three REMUS 100 UUVs to Royal Navy.

According to a PR published by HII on September 21, Global defense and technologies partner HII announced the delivery of three REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy.
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Operations Specialist, from Providence, R.I., assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group ONE, shows Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Australian Navy Sailors how to sling a Hydroid REMUS 100 (Picture source: HII)

The new systems bring enhanced endurance and the latest generation of sensors and payloads, allowing for increased data quality and mission efficiency.

With these new systems, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence has acquired a mix of REMUS 100s and REMUS 600s used for mine countermeasure operations over the last 20 years. The Ministry of Defence’s first two REMUS 100s, acquired in 2002, are still in operation.

The REMUS 100 is an autonomous underwater vehicle used by civilians for seafloor mapping, underwater surveying, and search and recovery as well as by several navies for mine countermeasures missions.

The REMUS 100 takes its name from its max operating depth of 100 meters. It can be operated at a speed of up to 5 knots (9.3 km/h) and has an endurance of up to 22 hours at its standard cruising speed of 3 knots (5.6 km/h).

The midsized REMUS 600 was previously known as the REMUS 12.75, so called due to its 12.75-inch (32.4 cm) diameter. It was renamed to the 600 to correspond to the maximum depth at which it can operate (600m).

It can travel at speeds of up to 5 knots (9.3 km/h) and has an endurance of up to 70 hours at its standard cruising speed of 3 knots (5.6 km/h).