Harpsichord-1RE (underwater drone)

2023: Product Announcement

At the end of May 2023, Rosoboronexport presented the Klavesin-1RE underwater unmanned vehicle, which is designed to perform survey and search operations, examine bottom objects at depths of 5 to 6000 m when operating in autonomous mode and in correction mode via a hydroacoustic communication channel from the carrier vessel.

According to the company, "Harpsichord-1RE" is able to conduct a survey and search survey of the bottom using sonar and select objects for a detailed examination on board the carrier vessel. It is able to examine objects in detail using sonar, television and electromagnetic means, as well as automatically select and track extended objects using television and electromagnetic searchers. In addition, the capabilities of the underwater robot make it possible to perform acoustic profiling of the soil and measure environmental parameters over the entire range of operating depths of immersion and speeds of movement.

Underwater drone "Harpsichord-1RE"

According to the developers, the complex can work in any possible hydrological conditions, with sea waves up to 3 points and at water temperatures from -4 ° C to + 35 ° C. Tripping operations with submerged equipment can be carried out at winds up to 15 m/s, and storage and transportation of the complex is allowed at medium temperatures from -50 ° С to + 70 ° С.

Rosoboronexport JSC believes that such robotic equipment will be in demand both on the domestic market and abroad.

Rosoboronexport is ready to consider options for the supply of the Klavesin-1RE apparatus in the form of a final product, as well as joint work within the framework of industrial cooperation in the interests of the naval forces of our partners, "said Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport.[1]

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