AUVS technical guide
Man-Portable AUVs
Operational advantages and limits of compact AUVs deployable by one or two people.
Core concept
Compact vehicles reduce vessel, crane and logistics requirements, making coastal survey, rapid environmental assessment and sensor development more accessible.
What engineers and buyers should verify
Published weight should be read carefully: dry mass, assembled launch weight and sectional handling weight can differ. AUVS marks portability from authoritative descriptions and does not infer it from mass alone.
Reading specifications responsibly
Configuration, payload, speed and mission conditions matter. AUVS preserves the manufacturer’s published language, marks unavailable values as “Not published,” and links every vehicle record to provenance.