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Low Cost Underwater Autonomous Vehicles For Military Applications Paddy Dowsett MSubs Ltd Submergence Group and Lockheed Martin Proprietary Information Contents A Little Bit About MSubs Mobile Anti-Submarine Target Trainer (MASTT)

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Low Cost Underwater Autonomous Vehicles For Military Applications Paddy Dowsett MSubs Ltd

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Contents

  • A Little Bit About MSubs
  • Mobile Anti-Submarine Target Trainer (MASTT)
  • Mobile Under Sea Test UUV (MUST)
  • MORAY XL UUV
  • S201 XL UUV Conversion Programme
  • Options For The Future
  • S351 Conversion Programme
  • 533 mm UUV
  • Questions
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MSubs Ltd – Who Are We?

  • Origins as a rapid prototyping R&D company specialising in manned and

unmanned underwater vehicles, mainly but not exclusively for military applications

  • SME based in Plymouth with a small parent company in the US,

Submergence Group, that covers DoD Business Development and through life contract support of UK designed & manufactured systems

  • List X and Progeny partner
  • Built the largest ‘autonomous’ submarine in the world at 24 metres for the

USN

  • Building 3 Dry Swimmer Delivery Systems for a NATO member
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Mobile Anti-Submarine Training Target (MASTT)

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Mobile Under- Sea Test UUV (MUST)

  • Length: 8.5m / 28ft
  • Diameter: 1.4m / 4.75ft
  • Surfaced Speed: 3.25kts
  • Submerged Speed: 5.5kts
  • Range Submerged:
  • 50nm @ 5.5kts*
  • 135nm @ 3kts*
  • Weight: 7,000kg / 15,500lbs
  • Payload: 1,400kg / 3,080lbs
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Mobile Anti-Submarine Training Target (MASTT)

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MORAY XL UUV – Based on In Service MASTT Design

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Usable Payload Volume/Weight Add Diesel Engine and Snorkel Through Sail Replace Lead Acid w/Li Ion or Fuel Cell

MORAY XL UUV Roles Potential Roles include ASW, ASuW, MCM and ISR by employing a range of on-board and off board sensors that could include UUVs and UAVs

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Conversion Of S201 Into an XL UUV In Cooperation With Thales UK

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S201 Xl UUV Post Conversion

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S351 (MANNED)

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S351 – Unmanned Variant – Nemesis

Based on S351 Manned Combat Submersible

  • Same Hull Form/Energy/Propulsion
  • New Pressure Hull/Payload Bay
  • Modified Common Control System
  • Payload bay opens from top and

bottom

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Proposed UK UUV – 533MM

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Questions Please