Hyper-Sub
Hyper-Sub: The Effortless Dive under the Seas
Man’s travel on the sea dates back to centuries ago. However, this type of transport has always been notorious for being long, monotonous, and excruciatingly exhausting. In fact, men, and that is the reference to the gender because women were not allowed to sail on ships for years from the beginning of this invention, had to train for months to be able to endure the hardship that used to await them when on the sea.
Many years later, steam engines were used on ships to generate power for them to move and then fuel engines. This mechanical shift from manpower to natural resources to keep the ships going reduced the amount of manual work that crew members had to do on the deck, but at the same time, added to the complexity of maritime transport. Engines needed maintenance, too; hence, engineers joined the crew onboard.
After a while, man decided to explore the underwater world, and that is when submarines came about. Gigantic pieces of machinery that could travel for days, and even months, underwater in seas and oceans. However, combining the two types of transport in the sea, both on and under the water, has been an adventure that few people have embarked on.
Hyper-Sub
HSP Technologies (Hyper-Sub) is an American company that has set out to revolutionize subsea access for work, defense, research, and play. Their latest invention, the Hyper-Sub Multipurpose Sub-Sea Utility Vehicle (or MSV for short), is a long-range 880 HP speedboat, which is also a true, dry cabin, heavy lift, diesel-electric submarine. The company claims that unlike other “go fast” wet subs or other novel minisub designs, the Hyper-Sub MSV is considerably more capable, possessing the ability to perform many different types of high duration missions for a multitude of end-users.
Advantages
The vehicle is not much bigger than a normal speedboat (approximately 30 feet long) and can submerge with a push of a button to dive up to 500 feet (around 152 meters) underwater. It can travel over 300 miles in submarine mode on a single deployment. This feature has made the MSV very practical for explorations and missions in shallow waters.
Another advantage of the MSV is its ease of use and economy. The MSV does not need to be carried or supported to be used. It’s a speedboat in its own right. So, it can go where it wants, when it wants, and at a similar hourly cost as that of any other speedboat. However, when desired, it can also dive with the throw of only a few switches, accessing the subsea environment at no additional cost, which is a radical departure from the current norm.
With over 6,000 lbs. (roughly 2700 kilograms) of the variable cargo-carrying capacity, the MSV can be outfitted with multiple cabin configurations, electronics packages, and equipment options to serve many different end-user types and purposes.
Hyper-Sub Market and Applications
Due to its small size, modular design, and high capacity, the MSV is incredibly versatile and capable of addressing the needs of many different markets. The vehicle has been of governments’ special interest for coastal and river security usage, among other military purposes. The vehicle is also known to be one of the top priorities for tourism and hospitality organizations to invest in and is expected to bring high volumes of profit to this industry.
Ground-floor investment is always risky because you have little idea of what the company is going to turn into. But, Hyper-Sub is not ground-floor anymore. Their idea is proven, and their path to success has been solid. Most of the “heavy lifting” has been done, and they are now attracting investors to take their product to the next step: Mass production.
