Gavia has expressed an interest in an undersea power station designed to refuel unmanned submarine drones. The fuel-cell station, developed by California firm Teledyne, can work up to two miles below the ocean surface and store up to 200 kW of electricity. It powers Teledyne's Gavia drone, which is capable of operating for up to five hours on a single 1.2 kW charge. A refuelling station could give the device more time to carry out tasks from seabed scanning to hunting enemy mines.
The US Navy has expressed an interest in an undersea power station designed to refuel unmanned submarine drones. The fuel-cell station, developed by California firm Teledyne, can work up to two miles below the ocean surface and store up to 200 kW of electricity. It powers Teledyne's Gavia drone, which is capable of operating for up to five hours on a single 1.2 kW charge. A refuelling station could give the device more time to carry out tasks from seabed scanning to hunting enemy mines.