Reach Remote

A major milestone for uncrewed over-the-horizon maritime operations

A major milestone for uncrewed over-the-horizon maritime operations. Introducing Reach Remote: Norway’s pioneering fleet of uncrewed 24-meter surface vessels (USVs), featuring hull-mounted survey sensors and a Work Class Electric ROV.

Length (m)

23.90
Max speed (knots)

11.0
Gross tonnage (t)

230
Min. Endurance (days)

30

ROVs onboard

ZEEROV

Quantity: 1

Scheduled for deployment under the Norwegian Flag, these vessels are poised to revolutionize offshore subsea operations, aligning with sustainability initiatives. Reach Remote offers secure, eco-friendly, and cost-effective solutions for global subsea inspection, survey, and intervention services. This ground breaking project integrates Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) with Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), paving the way for advancements in remote maritime technologies and marking a significant milestone in global maritime operations.

Strategic Partners

Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders in remote and autonomous systems, Reach Subsea ensures expertise and innovation.

Kongsberg Maritime leads the forefront of USV design, boasting expertise in crucial components like the Launch and Recovery System (LARS). Additionally, the Masters of Massterly, a collaborative venture between Kongsberg and Wilhelmsen, takes charge of manoeuvring the USV’s and control its remote & autonomous control systems. Reach Subsea will plan operations and perform subsea operations. These partnerships synergize extensive experience in remote and autonomous vessel operations, playing a pivotal role in the success of the Reach Remote project.

Uncrewed remote operations

The Reach Remote USV will be uncrewed from day 1 and equipped to operate from a Remote-Operations Control Center (ROC).

The USV will be equipped with state-of-the-art systems to enable remote operations, covering requirements from all stakeholders such as regulators, clients, and class. Multiple communication systems are incorporated in the design, such as VSAT, 5G, Iridium, Ceragon Pointlink and Starlink.

USV technology and capabilities

The USV is equipped with the newest technology from Kongsberg including hull mounted dual EM2040 multibeam echosounder and a Topas PS120 sub-bottom profiler system. The ZEEROV system has the capacity to carry all standard survey systems, including dual multibeam, side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler systems. The navigation is improved by the built-in acoustically aided inertial navigation system.

The USV is designed as a data collection platform utilizing both hull mounted systems and ROV based survey systems.

The vessel have the capacity to perform bathymetric survey and sub-bottom surveys to a water depth of 500m using the hull mounted equipment. Utilizing EM2040 in a dual configurations enables superior swath and data resolution ratio.

ZEEROV work class payload capacity further enable the USV as data collection platform. The ZEEROV will have acoustically aided inertial navigation system to improve the HiPAP 502 positioning. The ZEEROV will be able to provide high resolution geophysical survey including gradiometer, visual and acoustic pipeline surveys, general visual and photogrammetry inspection surveys. The survey operations will be monitored from the survey operational center and near real-time data acquisition results will be provided continuously for quality control and made available for employers in a visualized solution.

Control room & situational awareness

Various levels of autonomy, monitoring and control.

Monitor and observe
Control and support
Operate and overrule
Direct Control

Enabling remote supervision and detection.

PTZ camera, Radar, AIS, GPS, Doppler, Gyro, SRS, Echosounder, Wind
Mission Manager, Automatic Navigation System (ANS) Situation Awareness System (SA) Advanced Manoeuvring System (AMS) Advanced Automation System (AAS)