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447, three vehicles in the water at one time. thisr triples productivity and allows you to have systems to work cooperatively together to increase the effectiveness of the search thats going on. >> does that make sense, rob, to bring in other equipment, and youd do it simultaneously, bluefin-21, remus 6,000, presumably other equipment brought in as well? >> there is. its a question of what it is youre trying to achieve. if youre trying to achieve a very detailed analysis of a small area, as we a...

>> yeah, theyre saying theres going to be heavy showers out there and the swells will get going. that will cause problems for ocean shield. certainly when the auv comes up to the top, the bluefin-21 and getting it connected to the ship and on to the ship, itself. as for the visual search, that will have the biggest effect on the visual search because the low cloud cover or white caps in the swells dont make their job easier. they may put that off for a day or two until the storm goes by. keep in...

Has completed its search of that primary area. and using one auv, it takes a little bit longer. if they had two systems, they could be operating in tandem while one is coming up and downloading and charging, the other could be operating. the operation does take a little time and they are making good progress. >> this is certainly a search thats required patience from the beginning. thanks very much to the panel. i know well have another opportunity. thanks to all of you for joining us. coming up...

Crashed off the coast of massachusetts in 1947. for more than 50 years it remained lost on the bottom of the ocean. over a decade ago an auv, an autonomous underwater vehicle, discovered the missing plane. >> coming up. >> having the right tool is always the best case that youre looking for. >> it makes the remis family of auvs, this is the ream is 600. a larger, the remis 6000 found the france flight. >> at the end of the day we knew what we were doing was to help people answer questions about ...

They looked at the fleet and this is the one deep water that was available and sent out the bluefin-21. we pent on a search for an auv to go deeper than the bluefin-21 and here it is. this world war ii 2 era plane crashed off the coast of massachusetts in 1947. for more than 50 years, it remained lost on the bottom of the ocean. over a decade ago, an auv, aon the mouse underwater vehicle discovered the missing plane. >> coming up. having the right tool is always the best case that youre looking ...

Mission. >> at the end of the day we knew what we were doing is to try to help people answer questions about that flight. >> reporter: if the bluefin-21 currently being used in the search for malaysia flight 370 cant find the missing jet searchers could call upon the remus 6000 and navigate in waters almost 5,000 feet deeper than the bluefin-21. >> basically operated in most of the worlds oceans. >> reporter: when searchers asked if u.s. government for an auv, the navy says, the bluefin-21 was t...

Right now the bluefin underwater drone is scouring the ocean floor for any sign of malaysia flight 370. the bluefin is on its eighth mission now. its covered at least half of the current search zone. so far the bluefin has not found a shred of evidence linked to flight 370. with me is rhonda flores. is this the right tool for the job in. >> thats one of the big questions. we set out to find out why. we talked to the source. when these searchers asked the u.s. government for an auv, then the u.s....

Remis 6000, it can navigate in waters almost 5,000 feet deeper than the bluefin 21. >> basically it can be operated in most of the worlds oceans. >> when searchers asked the u.s. government for an auv, the navy says the bluefin 21 was the only deep water vehicle it had available. after the remis auvs, use side scan sonar to map the ocean floor, they usually come back with whats called low frequency images. these are pictures it took of the submerged plane in massachusetts. >> and this shows up a...

Completed six dives to the depths of the indian ocean, but so far, no sign of debris or wreckage. it turns out theres another underwater robot that can go even deeper than the bluefin. our rosa flores has details. >> reporter: in world war ii-era plane crashed off the coast of massachusetts in 1947. for more than 50 years, it remained lost on the bottom of the ocean. over a decade ago, an auv, an autonomous underwater vehicle, discovered the missing plane. >> coming up. having the right tool is ...

Statement to nearly any part of the ocean, to be honest, michael. we dont know what we dont know. the issue here is the terrain is relatively challenging for a search of this type. you know, the way the search system works is it is emitting sound which is essentially radiating out from the auv that is bounced off sea floor. and what we are looking for are bounces that correspond to debris. if you have rocks or reef, it makes the challenge of identifying debris versus geology more difficult. chri...