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T?? F??nc? Di??ct???t? G?n???l ?? A?m?m?nts (DGA, Di??cti?n ?éné??l? ?? l’??m?m?nt) n?ti?i?? t?? N??w??i?n m?n???ct???? K?n?s???? M??iᴛι̇ɱ? ?? ? c?nt??ct ??? t?? im?l?m?nt?ti?n ?? t?? F??nc? N?v? ?? t?? A?t?n?m??s Unm?nn?? V??icl? (AUV) HUGIN S????i?? w?ic? c?n ?????t? ?? t? 6,000 m?t??s ????. As ???t ?? t?is st??t???, in Oct???? 2022 t?? F??nc? N?v? c?n??ct?? ? ?i?st c?m??i?n t? im?l?m?nt ?n ?x?l???t??? c???cit? ??? ‘???? s??’ ?n???w?t?? ???n?s. T?is c?nt??ct, n?ti?i?? ?n A???st 12, 2022 ?n? ??? ? m?xim?m ?m??nt ?? ????n? ???? milli?n E???s, incl???s s?v???l t?i?s t? t?? s??. It is ???t ?? t?? ?x?l???t??? c???cit? ?? t?? minist??i?l st??t??? ??? c?nt??llin? ??n?s s?il??s.

T?? DGA N?v?l T?c?ni???s c?nt?? ?? ?x???tis? ?n? t?stin? w?s inv?lv?? in t?? s??ci?ic?ti?n ?? t?? ????i??m?nt ?n? will ?ls? ???tici??t? in t?? ??????ck ???m t??s? missi?ns wit? ? vi?w t? t?? ??t??? s??ci?ic?ti?n ?? t?? m??ns t??t will ?? ??v?l???? ??? t?? n???s ?? t?? F??nc? N?v?. T?? ??j?ctiv? s????t t? ??v? ??t?n?m??s s??m??in? s?st?ms c????l? ?? ?????tin? in ????t ???t?s. T?is ?i?st c?m??i?n c?nsist?? ?? ? ???l??m?nt ?? t?? ??????????ic ?n? ?c??n??????ic s?i? B???t?m?s-B?????é ???m B??st, wit? t?? v??icl? HUGIN S????i??. Wit? t??s? c?m??i?ns, t?? DGA ?n? t?? F??nc? N?v? will ?? ??l? t? ???in? ?n? t??n ???in? t??i? c?nc??t ?? ?m?l??m?nt.

K?n?s???? HUGIN S????i?? A?t?n?m??s Unm?nn?? V??icl? (AUV)D?v?l???? ??s?? ?n t?? ?xistin? HUGIN t?c?n?l??? ?l?t???m, t?? HUGIN S????i?? ?n???w?t?? v??icl? is ? ???????n?mic s????. It ??s ? l?n?t? ?? ?????xim?t?l? 6.6m ?n? w?i??s 2,200k?. Int????c?? in D?c?m??? 2018, t?? HUGIN S????i?? s?st?m ???vi??s ?n??nc?? ??t?, ??siti?nin? ?n? ?n????nc? c????iliti?s in v??i??s ????nc? ???lic?ti?ns s?c? ?s ?n???w?t?? s??v??, c?v??t ???i? ?nvi??nm?nt ?ss?ssm?nt (REA), ?n? min? c??nt??m??s???s (MCM). T?? AUV is st???? ?n? s?i???? in ? DNV 2.7-1-c??ti?i?? ???s???? c?nt?in??, w?il? its l??nc? ?n? ??c?v??? is ??????m?? ?sin? ? sin?l?-st??? stin???.

T?? AUVs ?n??? HUGIN ??mil? ??? ?v?il??l? in ?????tin? ???t? ??tin?s ?? 1,000m, 3,000m, 4,500m, ?n? 6,000m. T?? v??icl?s c?n ?? c?n?i????? wit? ?i?????nt ???l??? s?ns??s ??? ?iv??s? ???lic?ti?ns. T?? HUGIN ?l?t???m w?s ??v?l???? ?? ? ???tn??s?i? ??tw??n KONGSBERG, St?t?il, N??w??i?n D???nc? R?s???c? Est??lis?m?nt (FFI) ?n? N??sk Un???v?nnsint??v?nsj?n (NUI). It w?s c??s?n ?? t?? R???l N??w??i?n N?v?, In??n?si?n N?v?, P?lis? N?v?, ?n? ? n?m??? ?? s??v?? ???vi???s. HUGIN S????i?? AUV is ???i???? wit? ? HISAS 1032 ???l-??c?iv?? s?nt??tic ????t??? s?n?? (SAS), w?ic? ?????c?s 1,000m sw?t? ?t 2.5kt ??? ?i??-??s?l?ti?n SAS im????? ?? ?????xim?t?l? 5cm x 5cm.