USV Challenger

The USV Challenger (Uncrewed Surface Vessel) is a light intervention, inspection and survey support vessel owned by USV AS, a partnership between DeepOcean, Østensjø Rederi and Solstad Offshore. This uncrewed vessel provides a low- to zero-emission alternative, equipped with advanced on-board sensors that enable efficient subsea operations, including the novel launch and recovery system for the WROV. 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 vessel is controlled from a Remote Operations Center (ROC) operated by Remota AS at Killingøy, Haugesund. It is certified and approved for both crewed operations within Trade Area 4 (Fartsområde 4) and uncrewed operations within the 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.