Autosub Long Range – Atlantic Ocean

The Story of Autosub

Autosub Long Range – Atlantic Ocean

2011

Atlantic ocean

Autosub Long Range (ALR)

The Autosub Long Range AUV (or ALR) was a new type of AUV with a depth rating of 6,000m.

Although a third the weight of the Autosub 3 and the Autosub6000 AUVs, it is able to travel greater than ten times the distance and can be deployed for months at a time.

NERC Core Strategic ‘Autosub and Sensors’ technology programme was treated as the first deepwater trials of ALR, and onboard the RRS Discovery the vehicle was launched over the side of the vessel by crane as it did not have a dedicated gantry.