Unmanned boat Inspector Mk 2 in Baltiysk

In the network appeared interesting photo – unmanned anti-mine boat english speaker mk 2 of the french company eca group at the stern the head of a sea trawler of the project 12700 "Alexander obukhov" for anti-mine weapons which boat was purchased. About it reports the blog bmpd. According to open sources, the Russian navy became the first customer back family inspector mk 2, first demonstrated by esa in 2008. A contract to purchase 4 boats was signed by the company "Prominvest" (included in rostec) in 2015. The first 2 boats of the Russian navy, despite Western sanctions received in 2015.

Further deliveries were apparently paused. "Unmanned boat inspeсtor mk 2 is a controlled from the mother ship, anti-mine system. The 9-metre boat equipped with an active ceo minayskaya on a retractable mast in the bow (to search for mines at depths up to 10 meters, including the anchor), gus towed side-scan towsca (to search for mines at depths from 10 to 100 m, including objects on the bottom) and various remote-controlled underwater vehicles for search and destruction of mines. Buck can operate effectively at a distance up to 10 km from the ship", – is spoken in the publication. The resource notes that such a species of considerable size, backing inspector mk 2 can not climb directly on board the trawler of the project 12700. On the approximate cost of the boat can be judged by last year's transaction of the company eca, which has sold three backing inspector mk 2 unnamed customer for 10 million euros. It is also reported that the three currently under construction serial project 12700 minesweeper will equip the Russian unmanned craft development consortium "Typhoon".