The emblems for the AutoSub project (left), and that for Under Sea Ice Pelagic Studies (USIPS) the present programme taking place onboard (right).

The Current AutoSub Specification

Navigation aids

Upward ADCP (300 kHz)

Downwards ADCP (300 kHz)

Foward looking sonar (up 15 degrees)

Forward looking sonar (down 15 degrees)

MRU 6 attitude package

(D)GPS

Navigation accuracy

1% distance travelled (when in ADCP bottom lock)

Radio link

Line of sight mission download/status

Vehicle location

Dual Argos beacons

Dual xeon strobe lights

Orbcomm satellite link (position and status)

Acoustic USBL navigation

Scientific instruments (standard)

Seabird SB9 --Dual C & T sensors

Fluorometer

Oxygen

Transmissometer

Upwards ADCP (300 kHz)

Downwards ADCP (300 kHz)

Scientific instruments
Up to approx 100 kg wet Turbulence probes weight in approx 1 cubic metre cargo

Aquamonitor water sampler (100 m depth rating)

Upward looking forward/sidescan space

Bubble resonator (bubble size measurements)

(user defined/fitted to date)

Manganese sensor

Cytometer (organic/inorganic particle analyser)

EK 500 38 kHz and 120 kHz fisheries sonar

1.2 MHz ADCP Acoustic Doppler

Velocity Logs