Teledyne Gavia ehf. is pleased to announce the signature of a multi-year Framework Agreement for the delivery and support of GAVIA Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) for the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF). The Gavia vehicles will be dedicated to Mine Counter Measures (MCM) applications.
The award of the Framework Agreement follows an international open tender last year with FMV selecting the GAVIA AUV with the highest meritorious score against their technical requirements.
Teledyne Gavia ehf offered its GAVIA AUV fitted with an EdgeTech 2205 side scan sonar and a Teledyne Flir Blackfly-S camera. Thanks to the GAVIA's AUVs modularity, the Swedish Navy will also be able to add other payloads such as synthetic aperture sonar, magnetometers, or multibeams as mission requirements evolve.
The Framework Agreement will run over several years and has the option for extensions.
The long-term in-country support will be provided by Teledyne Flir AB in Sweden.
“The Portable MCM AUV will be operated from various platforms to allow rapid mapping of the seabed and detection of various objects of interest." says Johan Björck, Strategic Buyer at FMV.
“We are honored to count Sweden as a new user of the GAVIA AUV which is already in service for various applications with nine NATO navies." Stated Valentin Hanns, Senior Director of Sales – Marine Vehicles, EMEA.
About Teledyne Gavia
Teledyne Gavia provides turnkey survey solutions to customers undertaking various tasks for military, commercial, and scientific applications. The Gavia AUV can carry an array of sensors and custom payload modules that make it perfect for any research, monitoring, or surveillance task where autonomy, cost, and ease of deployment matters. Its modular design allows for rapid sensor reconfiguration and battery replacement. Teledyne Gavia's manufacturing facility comprises a 1,500-square-meter building in Kópavogur, Iceland, with research, engineering, production, and sea trial facilities on Iceland's North Atlantic coast.
