The Seahorse-class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Seahorse I Characteristics
Diameter 38 inches
Length 27 feet, 10 inches
Displacement 10,000 pounds
Range Minimum 300 nautical miles at 4 knots
Payload Volume 10 cubic feet, approximately
Power Source (initial) 9216 alkaline batteries
Launch and Recovery Tilting slide bed launch and recovery system
Fixed Buoyancy 18.8 lbf/ft3 Divinycell HCP70 structural foam
Trim Control Fore and aft toroidal variable SW ballast tanks
Communications RF (freewave and 80211B), limited acoustics
Control 3 CPUs: vehicle and mission controllers, ERG Prototype intelligent Controller architecture
Control Surfaces 4-fin “X” stern, MK50 electrical actuators
Drive Motor 5 HP Lynx Motion synchronous electric motor, Advanced Digital System 3-phase inverter
Propulsor Ducted pumpjet, 3 rotor blades, nominal 255 RPM, cavitation-free at all depths