Wednesday 20 February 2013

American Watch SEAFOXthe US Navy has been following the Royal Navy’s progress with the SEAFOX unmanned underwater vehicle which is controlled from the operations room of the Hunt or Sandown Class Minecountermeasure vessels based in the Arabian Gulf at Bahrain.    The four foot long SEAFOX moves through the water at up to six knots, tethered to the mother ship by a 3,200ft long fibre optic cable and sends back a live video feed to its controller who uses the four motors and hover thrusters to guide the SEAFOX into place so a charge can be precisely laid should a mine be found.

Each of the four British Minecountermeasure vessels base in the Gulf are equipped with the mini submersible and regularly work alongside their US Navy counterparts on exercises - and 'cross decking' of personnel between Navies has seen shared their experiences.

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