Small-diameter 300 m-rated Iver4 family AUV with swappable battery chemistries, modular payload sections, and long-duration options for commercial and defense missions.
Iver4 900 AUV is a dual-use AUV platform developed by L3Harris in the United States. It is a compact 300 m-rated member of the Iver family, designed around sealed man-portable sections, modular payloads, swappable battery chemistries, and mature mission-planning and data-viewing software. It is positioned for hydrographic survey, mine countermeasures, undersea ISR, search and recovery, environmental monitoring, and sensor development missions and is listed publicly as active. Published specifications captured in this database include a published length of about 2.5 m, a published depth rating of 300 m, a reported maximum mission distance of more than 80 nmi / about 148 km with Li-Ion batteries, reported endurance of 20+ hr with NiMH or 40+ hr with Li-Ion, and reported speed of greater than 3 knots transit and greater than 5 knots sprint. The platform is described as autonomous / remote-operated in terms of control and autonomy. Its concept emphasizes portable AUV deployment, modular sensors, field-swappable energy, and interoperable commercial and defense undersea survey packages.
L3Harris lists the Iver4 900 at 2.5 m long with a 9 in carbon-fiber tube, less than 230 lb weight, 300 m titanium/carbon-fiber pressure housing, >40 nmi NiMH or >80 nmi Li-Ion mission duration, wireless/Iridium/acoustic communications, and surface GPS with subsurface DVL/INS navigation.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — L3Harris is pushing forward with production of its Iver4 900 autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) under a previously unknown Defense Innovation Unit effort that is looking to deliver a torpedo tube launch and recovery (T…