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Daurade autonomous underwater vehicle

Country of Origin: France

The Daurade is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for the French Defense Ministry's Atlantic Underwater Studies Group (Group d'Etudes Sous-Marines de l'Antique, or GESMA) under the Covert Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) program. The vehicle is based on ECA's Alister design.

The underwater vehicle is configured with two longitudinal thrusters, a set of vertical and horizontal fins aft and a horizontal fin at the front. The control surface arrangement enables...

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