Product profile
BlueWhale System ELI-3325
IAI BlueWhale System ELI-3325 is a large autonomous underwater vehicle for extended anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasure and intelligence missions w...
Facts
- Company
- IAI Corporation
- Product type
- auv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater_surveillance
- Website
- https://www.iai.co.il/product/bluewhale-system-eli-3325/
About BlueWhale System ELI-3325
IAI BlueWhale System ELI-3325 is a large autonomous underwater vehicle for extended anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasure and intelligence missions with shore-based supervision.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Large AUV
Core: BlueWhale
Function: Underwater missions
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- communications
- Secured satellite-channel command-and-control integration
- deployable_mast
- Telescopic mast with patented submerged sensor/equipment protection container
- endurance
- Continuous operation for 2–3 weeks depending on mission
- mission_modes
- ASW, MCM and intelligence missions
- onboard_controller
- Manages sensors, communications, missions and power resources
- operating_waters
- Open-sea and littoral-water missions
- sensor_scope
- Surface/subsurface sensors with onboard target detection, tracking and processing
- transport_format
- Transported in a 40-foot shipping container
Operations
- Environment
- underwater, coastal_water
- Primary user
- defense operators, maritime security operators
- Role
- underwater_surveillance, mine_countermeasure, asw
- Interaction model
- autonomous, remote_supervised
- Mobility class
- subsea_vehicle
- Product detail
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