COPilot Flight Control System
Proven, Robust, Reliable
Advanced Guidance & Control Software Engine
- Proven vehicle control in challenging ocean environments
- Rigorously tested, accepted, and delivered for two U.S. Navy Programs of Record and commercial AUVs
- Available for both autonomous and towed systems
- Integrates easily with any vehicle software system
- Cost & Risk Reduction
- Proven track record of first-time operation in water
- Significantly reduces overall project risk
- Saves substantial time and money by minimizing need for high-risk at-sea testing
- Advanced, Modern Software
- Part of CoTs’ Pluto Autonomous Vehicle Platform Software
- Written using ISO C++ Standards
- Operates on most embedded platforms and microcontrollers
- Well-Known Deployments
- Over 20 autonomous and towed undersea vehicles
- REMUS 100 & REMUS 600
- Bluefin-21 & Bluefin-12
- U.S. Navy AN/AQS-20 Towed Mine Hunting Sonar System
- U.S. Navy Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS)
- U.S. Navy LSV-1 Kokanee & LSV-2 Cutthroat
- Other Custom Commercial & Military Vehicles
- High-Performance
- Steady for various Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) and Side Scan Sonar
- Commands six degrees of freedom
- Fleet-tested guidance maneuver classes, e.g., track-keeping and waypoint
- Automated ballast & trim control system for capable vehicles
- Reliable to full ocean depth (6000 msw)
- Designed to meet Area Coverage Rate (ACR) requirements
- Successful in robust to rigorous sea conditions and environments
- Automated winch control for capable towed systems
