Kongsberg Delivers Hugin AUV Training to Indonesian Navy
Kongsberg Delivers Hugin AUV Training to Indonesian Navy 09 Februari 2017 Hugin AUV training to Indonesian Navy (photo : Kongsberg) Kongsberg Maritime’s Marine Robotics department has provided a three-week training of Hugin AUV systems set up on Indonesian Navy’s new survey ship program. The introduction training was conducted at a hotel in Central Jakarta, and the last week was at sea in Semangka Bay for practical training down to depths of 1000 metres. The training objectives for the crew before embarking for the sea trials ranged from system understanding to inertial navigation and advanced mission planning. “Language barriers made the training challenging,” says chief AUV instructor Stian Hopmark, “luckily, this was compensated for by the students having an extraordinary interest in the subjects and willingness to learn.” OCEA, the French shipbuilder that built and delivered the two survey ships has stated that they are very pleased with Kongsberg...