C-30 



RUWS 

 (REMOTE UUMMNED WORK SYSTEM) 



Operating Depth: 20,000 ft (6,096m) 



Dimensions (LxWxH): Vehicle -132 in. x 57 in. x 60 in. (335cm x lH5cm 

 X 152cm) ; PCT -115 in. x 60 in. x 72 in. (292cm x 152cm x l83cm) 

 Weight (Dry): Vehicle -7,000 lbs (3,l75kg); PCT - 5,500 lbs plus 

 or minus 300 lbs (2,U95kg plus or minus 136kg). 



Speed: Design goal of 1.5 knots; actual performance to be determined 

 during development tests. 



Structure: Vehicle: Rectangular shape composed of open angular 

 aliominum framework supporting and enclosing all components, syntactic 

 foam blocks are affixed to the top of the framework. PCT (Primary 

 Cable Termination): Rectangular phape composed of open, angular 

 alumin\am framework which encloses and supports a winch for the vehicle's 

 buoyant, 85O ft (259m) long tether and four thrusters for station- 

 keeping. 



Buoyancy : Syntactic foam provides the vehicle with 10 to 30 lbs 

 (H.5 to 13.5kg) positive submerged buoyancy. The PCT is negatively 

 buoyant by 3,500 plus or minus 300 lbs (1,588 plus or minus 136kg). 

 Power Requirements : All power, 60KW, is supplied by diesel-electric 

 generators . 



Vehicle Propulsion : A 15 hp hydraulic pump provides power to five 

 thrusters: two for forward/reverse motion, two for lateral motion 

 and one for vertical motion. All are reversible and continuously 

 supply variable speed control. 



Instrumentation : Black and white 525 line resolution TV (on pan 

 and tilt can be manually positioned or head coupled); 70mm still 

 camera; two manipulators, one seven degrees-of- freedom position 

 control, the other a four degrees-of- freedom rate control grabber; 

 high resolution preformed beam search/avoidance sonar with 1,000 

 foot range and two directional hydrophones for pinger tracking high 

 frequency acoustic altimeter; digital magnetic compass. 

 Navigation : A real time CRT display of the support ship, vehicle 

 and PCT positions can be obtained relative to three bottom-mounted 

 transponders which are interrogated individually by each component. 

 Relative position accuracies of plus or minus ^0 feet (I2m) are 

 obtainable at maximum operating depth. A hard copy of the CRT- 

 displayed data may be obtained at the operator's discretion. 

 Shipboard Components : Control/navigation van; maintenance van; near- 

 surface navigation transducer with handling system; power generation 

 equipment and a motion-compensated, deck handling system. 

 Support Ship Requirements : A minimum deck space of 700 sq ft (65 sq m) 

 is required to accommodate all surface and underwater components. 

 Operational/Maintenance Crew : To be determined. 

 Total Shipping Weight : 82 tons ( SU . Umt ) 



Total Shipping V olume: Entire system can be air transported by three 

 Lockheed C-lUlA aircraft or one C-5A aircraft. 



Status : Undergoing sea trials and tests, estimated operational in 1979 

 Builder : Naval Ocean Systems Center 

 Kailua, Hawaii 



