UNDERWATER RECONNAISSANCE—WHOI Senior Engineering Assistant Greg Packard puts a REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle through a series of pre-launch checks on the WHOI dock before it is tested in the waters near Woods Hole. Crane operator Doug Handy stands by. The REMUS 600 can carry a variety of sensors for underwater surveying and mapping and, not incidentally, can be deployed through submarine torpedo tubes. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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