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Important part of finding wreckage. >> reporter: the names are intriguing but they have potential to accomplish is amazing. the orion, the triton xls, the dorado. they are aovs and rovs. >> a black box is not a problem at all for it to pick up in a basket and recover it. >> reporter: this is the triteton based in florida connected to a ship by an umbilical cord. then theres the aovs which are not connected. this is the orion run by the u.s. navy by a company called phoenix international. they pa...

This is the orion, owned by the u.s. navy, run by phoenix international. vehicles like this send sound signals to the sea floor which paint a picture of whats on the bottom. this vehicle can go a mile deeper than the bluefin and stay down for weeks at a time. the bluefin only lasts about 24 hours. then the rena 6,000, also an auv. the team has not yet been asked to help in the search. the team from woods hole, massachusetts, already had dramatic success locating the wreckage of air france flight...