SAR / ROV operations · Field case
SEARCH TRAINING WITH DIVERS, ALLTAB AND AN ROV
A two-day exercise combined sector searches, tablet-guided diver navigation and an ROV search.
DLRG Pöcking – Starnberg e.V. · Lake Starnberg, Germany
01 / Mission
THE OBJECTIVE.
Practise diver tracking, navigate with Alltab and test UWIS positioning on a small ROV.
Operating conditions
- Visibility: about 7 m
- Diver depth: up to 10 m; ROV: up to 15 m
- Water temperature: 15°C
Conditions reported for this case.
02 / System setup
THE TOOLS
IN THE FIELD.
- UWIS buoys and underwater units
- UWIS Tracker and Alltab with navigation software
- ROV with UWIS unit; DeepView 5.0
03 / In practice
HOW THE WORK UNFOLDED.
- The divers began with rope-guided sector searches.
- A subsequent rectangular search used tablet waypoints without guide ropes, with a safety line retained.
- The ROV then investigated a target identified earlier by side scan sonar.
04 / Recorded outcomes
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED.
- The diver followed the planned tablet-guided route.
- The ROV located a submerged dinghy using position information alongside sonar findings.
Reported outcomes from this case.
05 / See the field work
FROM THE FIELD.
Case video
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