AUV is an unmanned underwater vehicle that navigates autonomously by following the preset paths in order to survey mines deployed along coastal area or on seafloor. The sensors mounted onto AUV include optic camera, sidescan sonar, ultrasonic camera, etc., which enable clear detection and identification of underwater objects in the murky sea surrounding the Korean Peninsula.
Hanwha Systems’ AUV is the first AUV that passed the official test and evaluation conducted by ROK Navy, which included actual sea navigation test. In the future, when its full system development is completed, AUV will be deployed to the field as one of ROK Navy’s core weapons systems.