THLMT unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)s are uncrewed vehicles developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) by Tianjin Hanhai Lanfan Marine Technology Co. Ltd (天津瀚海蓝帆海洋科技有限公司), most of which are in service with various Chinese governmental agencies/departments, and government-owned enterprises.
Black Pearl (Hei-Zhen-Zhu, 黑珍珠) is a family of wave gliders with different sizes, all designed for hydrographical and hydrometeorological surveying missions. [1]Electricity is provided by onboard solar panels, and the wave glider is equipped with navigational and positioning systems, and onboard satellite communication system ensure the data collected is passed back in real time.[1]
Cleaning ROUV is an UUV designed to perform underwater cleaning tasks at a depth of 100 meter.[2]Specification:[2]
Cloud Sail (Yun-Fan, 云帆) AUV is an UUV designed to perform various missions such as hydrographic surveying and scientific research at a depth of 200 meter.[3]The ROUV incorporate modular design so various equipment can be carried for different tasks.[3]Specification:[3]
Coastal underwater gliders is short for Coastal Mobile Observation Underwater Glider (Jin-Hai-An Ji-Dong Guan-Ce Shui-Xia Hua-Xiang-Ji, 近海岸机动观测水下滑翔机), and it is a family of underwater gliders designed for various missions, and as of early 2020s, two models have been identified, one with operating depth of 200 meter, and another with operating depth of 500 meter.[4]Specification for the underwater glider with operating depth of 200 meter:[4]
Specification for the underwater glider with operating depth of 500 meter:[4]
JF-01 Brocade Sail (Ji-Fan, 锦帆) AUV is an UUV designed to perform various tasks such as hydrographical and hydrogeological surveying, and in addition to side scanning sonar, it can also be equipped with towed sonar array.[5]Specification:[5]
JF-02 AUV is a development of earlier JF-01, sharing the same name Brocade Sail, and is similar in size and weight.[6]Like its predecessor, JF-02 is designed to perform various tasks such as hydrographical and hydrogeological surveying, and in addition to side scanning sonar, it can also be equipped with towed sonar array.[6]Specification:[6]
JF-03 AUV is a development of earlier JF-02, sharing the same name Brocade Sail, and is similar in size and weight.[7]Like its predecessor, JF-03 is designed to perform various tasks such as hydrographical and hydrogeological surveying, and in addition to side scanning sonar, it can also be equipped with towed sonar array.[7] Specification:[7]
Oberving the Sea ROUV (Guan-Hai, 观海) is a micro UUV designed to operate at a depth of 100 meter, and it is equipped with a manipulator, eight thrusters, two cameras and two 10W LED lights.[8]Specification:[8]
Sea Butterfly (Hai-Tie, 海蝶) is a micro UUV designed to work to a depth of 50 meter, and is equipped with four thrusters.[9]Specification:[9]
Type 324 Riding Sail (Cheng-Fan, 乘帆) AUV is an UUV designed to operate at a depth of 300 meter, and it is equipped with side scan sonar.[10] Specification:[10]
Type 4500 Swimming Sail (You-Fan, 游帆) AUV is an UUV designed to operate to a depth of 4500 meter.[11]Specification:[11]
Underwater Rescue ROUV is a bottom crawler designed for underwater rescue and salvage operations to a depth of 300 meters, and the tracked chassis can be separated so the ROUV can operate as a normal ROV.[12]Specification:[12]
ZF-01 Intelligent Sail (Zhi-Fan, 智帆) AUV is an UUV designed to work at a depth of 100 meter, and it adopts a modular design so various equipment can be carried for different missions.[13]Specification:[13]
ZF-02 AUV is a development of earlier ZF-01 AUV, and shares the same name Intelligent Sail with earlier ZF-01. ZF-02 adopts the same modular design like its predecessor ZF-01, so that various equipments can be carried for different missions.[14]ZF-02 designed to operate to a depth of 200 meter.[14]Specification:[14]