Launch ceremony of the world's first SUV: Blue Whale (IMAGE)

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Launch ceremony of the world's first SUV: Blue Whale

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The submersible unmanned vessel (SUV), "Blue Whale," serves as the core observation node within the Intelligent Swift Ocean Observing System (ISOOS), funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It was developed by the marine intelligent unmanned equipment innovation team at the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) and launched in Zhuhai on April 28, 2025.

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GUSONG WU ET AL, Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., 2025

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