Watch OCEANIDS - Autosub Long Range commissioning trials, Loch Ness, August 2019 in New Channel | Channify

The latest Autosub Long Range (ALR) vehicles being developed by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have completed their first round of commissioning trials in the waters of Loch Ness, Scotland, marking a major milestone on their journey to active service. The new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), ALR1500 - named for the 1500m depth to which they can dive - carried out a range of test missions of increasing complexity across three weeks in July and August to test the vehicle’s enhanced functionality, including Terrain Aided Navigation and environmental profiling capabilities. ALR1500 is being developed by the NOC under the UK Government-funded Oceanids programme. www.noc.ac.uk/projects/oceanids