Seafox drone

HMS Bangor deploys SeaFox-C off Libya in 2011
Class overview
NameSeaFox
BuildersAtlas Elektronik
Operators United States

 United Kingdom

 Estonia

 Finland

 Germany

 Netherlands

 Sweden

 Belgium

 Japan

 Ukraine

 Romania
General characteristics
TypeUnmanned Undersea Vehicle
Length1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
PropulsionFour independent motors plus hover thruster
SpeedMax. 4kn
Range1 km (0.62 mi)
Endurance~ 800m
SeaFox-I of the Finnish Navy

The SeaFox is an anti-mine Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) manufactured by German company Atlas Elektronik. It is designed to locate and destroy ground and moored mines. There are three versions, including a training version. The orange SeaFox-I "inspection" variant has sonar and an Inertial navigation system, and the black SeaFox-C "combat" round also has a 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) shaped charge warhead. The system is in service with eleven navies. The SeaFox is an advanced design of an Expendable Mine Disposal Vehicle or EMDV. It has a low life cycle cost as it has low running and replacement costs. Its main targets are sea mines that pose a danger to vessels. It communicates with the ship via a fiber-optic cable. The SeaFox uses a custom launch and retrieval system, that may be fitted to a variety of ships, boats or even helicopters. It can be used for a range of tasks such as conduct damage estimation, route surveys, maritime boundary control, intelligence and harbor surveillance missions. [1] [2]

  1. ^ "SeaFox Mine Disposal Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)". Naval Technology.
  2. ^ "SeaFox UUV". www.navaldrones.com.

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