Kawasaki Receives Order for the Deep-Sea Storage Terminal System Development Project
to Achieve Extended Deployment of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
Tokyo, January 23, 2019－Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has received an order from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC) to design and produce the Deep-sea Storage Terminal System, with the objective of establishing technology that realizes extended deployment of AUVs.
The project is ordered under the theme of “Innovative Technology for Exploration of Deep-Sea Resources” initiative of the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) led by the Japanese government.
The purpose of developing the Deep-sea Storage Terminal System is to allow for deep-sea recharging, as well as the communication of exploration data, thereby achieving extended deployment of AUVs.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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