Bluefin Robotics has been awarded a contract to develop a mine and improvised explosive device (IED) identification and neutralisation capability for use in US Navy joint service explosive ordnance disposal.

Under the contract, a new variant of the hull autonomous underwater vehicles (HAUVs), HAUN-N, will be designed for ship hull inspection.

Generally, hull mine / IED identification and neutralisation is carried out by sending divers to scan the hull for targets and neutralising them manually.

The Bluefin HAUV-N is equipped with a high-precision manipulator arm and a video camera to complete the task more expeditiously with a remote operator neutralising the device.

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Development of HAUV began in 2002 as an Office of Naval Research (ONR) programme to automate hull searches.

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The Office of Naval Research is the contracting office for the joint service explosive ordnance disposal programme.