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L3 Introduces Next-Generation Of Its Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 9th, 2018

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L3 Introduces Next-Generation Of Its Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--L3 Technologies [LLL] on Monday introduced the newest generation of its Iver family of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), the Iver4-PW, which more than doubles the range of the existing systems while adding more capability.L3 is planning to offer multiple variants of the Iver4-PW, which can range at least 40 nautical miles or 100 nautical miles depending on the battery type. Those ranges are with the sensors turned on but when the sensors are programmed to turn on only…

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