A CONTROL MODULE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE. IT CONTAINS THE MAIN VEHICLE COMPUTER WITH A SOLID STATE DISK, CONTROL ELECTRONICS AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL SOFTWARE. THE COMMUNICATION IS BY WIRELESS HIGH SPEED LAN INTERFACE. THERE IS ALSO A SENSOR WHICH GIVES A MEASURE OF THE VEHICLES DEPTH. DATA ACCUMULATED DURING A MISSIONIS STORED IN A SOLID STATE FLASH MEMORY LOCATED IN THE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE LOG INCLUDING NAVIGATIONAL DATA AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR DATA IS STORED ON A DEDICATED SOLID STATE FLASH DISC.

THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETIVE RULES (GIRS) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9015 SURVEYING (INCLUDING PHOTOGRAMMETRICAL SURVEYING), HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEANOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGICAL, METEOROLGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE PRODUCT TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 901590 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES TARIC CODE 9015900090 PARTS OTHER THAN FOR METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OF RANGEFINDERS FOR USE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HSENS CHAPTER 90 GENERAL NOTE 3 CHAPTER NOTE 9015 (III)