The USV Challenger (Uncrewed Surface Vessel) a light intervention, inspection and survey support vessel owned by USV AS, a partnership between DeepOcean, Østensjø Rederi and Solstad Offshore. This vessel provides a low- to zero-emission alternative, equipped with an advanced on-board sensor system that will allow for efficiently carrying out subsea operations, by launching a WROV capable of submerging up to 1500 meters deep. The USV is a cost-efficient asset aimed at significantly lowering clients' overall operational costs. An outstanding feature of the USV is its autonomy and autoremote voyages of up to at least 14-30 days at sea between port calls. The USV is controlled from a Remote Operations Center (ROC) operated by Remota AS at Killingøy, Haugesund. The vessel will be approved and certified for both crewed operation within Trade Area 4 (Fartsområde 4) and uncrewed operations on Norwegian sector (economic zone). The vessel has a high degree of redundancy in multiple layers to increase systemic resilience, thus minimizing the risk of downtime.
Vessel spread specifications
FULLY REMOTE OPERATED UNCREWED VESSEL
MULTI-LAYERED REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC WORK-CLASS ROV
ACTIVELY GYRO STABILIZED VESSEL
492 KWH OF BATTERY POWER
1500M WROV UMBILICAL
NOVEL LARS DESIGN OPTIMISED FOR HIGH SEA STATE
CERTIFIED FOR 4X CREW WITHIN TRADE AREA 4
SEASTATE 7 WMO SURVIVABILITY
60+ IP CAMERAS
HIPAP 502
1X WATER JET + 2X AZIMUTH