ThunderFish®
ThunderFish® reduces the need for vessel time and auxiliary ROV deployments as it combines both AUV and ROV capabilities into a single platform. It can operate as a subsea resident, perform hovering maneuvers for inspection, and carry significant payload for long-range survey missions.
The ThunderFish® AUV is equipped with Kraken’s state-of-the-art sensors and components, including:
- Kraken’s AquaPix® MINSAS sonar
- Kraken’s AquaPix® Multispectral SAS
- Kraken’s SeaVision® 3D Laser-Imaging
- Kraken’s SeaThrust™ main propulsion and manoeuvring thrusters
- Kraken’s SeaPower™ pressure tolerant batteries
Other sensors include a forward looking sonar, a multi-beam echo sounder, sub-bottom profilers, magnetometers, and advanced navigation/positioning sensors.
The ThunderFish® is equipped with high bandwidth wireless communications, and a variety of emergency recovery mechanisms and fault response systems.
Subsea resident
Inspection and Survey
Hovering AUV
High-resolution SAS imagery and bathy
Multispectral SAS
Advanced autonomy
Applications
Defence Applications
- Mine countermeasures – MCM
- Rapid environmental assessment – REA
- Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance – ISR
Offshore Oil and Gas
- Subsea infrastructure inspection
- Seabed mapping
- Environmental monitoring
Offshore Wind
- Subsea infrastructure inspection
- Seabed mapping
- Environmental monitoring
Commercial Survey
- Geophysical site inspection
- Oceanographic Surveys
- Environmental Monitoring
Digital Twin
- Gather data and compare against original specifications to ensure reliability
- Develop better maintenance schedules
Expertise
The Kraken team includes internationally-recognized Autonomous Vehicle and sonar experts. Their experience includes the design and supply of Underwater Vehicles, Advanced Autonomy Software, Synthetic Aperture Sonars, 3D RGB laser scanners, and a long history of research and development into military mine hunting sonar.
Kraken has formed strategic alliances and technical co-operation agreements with military, academic, and industry partners to facilitate rapid proof of concept and system risk reduction.
Kraken personnel have extensive experience in managing a wide range of product and system programs for customers in the defense market. Their success in designing, manufacturing, and testing products based on the user’s technical specification is well-established.
