The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) wishes to increase its seagoing capacity by purchasing a long-range, multifunctional, unmanned surface vessel for scientific research and innovation (USV). The USV will mainly be deployed in the North Sea, in particular in the entire Belgian EEZ, the North-East Atlantic and Arctic waters during the summer. The USV will operate autonomously or remotely controlled for a long time, have a large range and will operate from a coastal port or be deployed and/or picked up from a sufficiently large ship. In addition to performing scientific measurements, the USV has an important purpose as a link for robot-robot interactions.

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) wishes to increase its seagoing capacity by purchasing a long-range, multifunctional, unmanned surface vessel for scientific research and innovation (USV). The USV will mainly be deployed in the North Sea, in particular in the entire Belgian EEZ, the North-East Atlantic and Arctic waters during the summer. The USV will operate autonomously or remotely controlled for a long time, have a large range and will operate from a coastal port or be deployed and/or picked up from a sufficiently large ship. In addition to performing scientific measurements, the USV has an important purpose as a link for robot-robot interactions.