• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Hydroid delivers two REMUS 100 AUVs to Norway

  2nd May 2011

  Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced today that it has delivered two REMUS 100 AUVs to …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Acoustic Device Countermeasure contract for Bluefin Robotics

  18th April 2011

  Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is being awarded a subcontract from Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Inc., …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Bluefin awarded contract to develop mine and IED neutralization variant of HAUV

  30th March 2011

  Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), was awarded a contract to develop a robotic ship hull mine …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  KONGSBERG Hugin 1000 completes world's longest multi-sensor AUV pipeline inspection

  4th March 2011

  KONGSBERG has completed the world's longest multi-sensor AUV pipeline survey using one of its cutting-edge HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). The pipeline inspection took …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Bluefin Robotics awarded $30m HULS production option

  2nd March 2011

  Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is being awarded a $30 million contract modification to exercise option …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Bluefin AUV demonstrates synthetic aperture sonar

  2nd December 2010

  Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announces the successful testing and demonstration of the first AUV with …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  SeaOtter MkII and SAS demonstration successfully completed

  1st October 2010

  Atlas Elektronik has successfully delivered a series of technology demonstrations of the SeaOtter MkII and Vision600 Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS). The SAS equipped AUV conducted …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Bluefin-9 AUV completes world tour

  30th September 2010

  Bluefin Robotics, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) manufacturer is pleased to announce the Bluefin-9 AUV has successfully completed a series of consecutive demonstrations. The air-shippable, …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Portuguese Navy acquires SeeByte's SeeTrack military for use with GAVIA

  12th August 2010

  SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned underwater vehicles, announces the sale of SeeTrack Military to the Portuguese Navy. The Portuguese Navy …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Under-ice mission for Bluefin-21 AUV turns up valuable data for climate research

  6th August 2010

  Last month, a Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) owned by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was sent out on an …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Bluefin kicks off construction of new facility

  28th July 2010

  Bluefin Robotics a world leader in the design and manufacture of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is pleased to announce that the company has officially begun …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Successful demonstration of the Atlas AUV family

  16th July 2010

  Atlas Elektronik with its combined Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) resources from Germany, UK and Denmark conducted a successful series of AUV demonstrations at the company …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Royal New Zealand Navy increase REMUS AUV capability

  25th May 2010

  Hydroid, Inc., the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), announced today that the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has recently contracted to buy an …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Atlas successfully ends EU research project Grex on unmanned underwater vehicles

  20th January 2010

  Atlas Elektronik has successfully completed a European research project of landmark significance. For the EU research project Grex, Atlas contributed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Falmouth Scientific Solar-powered AUV (SAUV) to be used in tectonic plate monitoring

  13th January 2010

  Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI) announced today it has supplied a Solar-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUV) to the University of Tokyo for use in monitoring tectonic …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Minehunters

  Kormoran II Class MCM (4-6) [Poland]

  Programme Background Timeline As of March 2022, the Kormoran II-class consists of six minehunters for the Polish Navy. However, as of June 2022, only one vessel has been ...

• Minehunters

  Tripartite Class Replacement Programme (1-6) [Belgium]

  Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite-class MCM, which are due to ...

• Minehunters

  Tripartite Class Replacement Programme [Netherlands]

  Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite class MCM's which are due ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Military - UUVs

  Dive-LD

  The Dive-LD is a modular autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) initially developed by Dive Technologies, which was acquired by US defence contractor Anduril in 2022.

• Military - UUVs

  Greyshark

  Greyshark is an autonomous underwater vessel (AUV) developed by the German company Euroatlas and first showcased at Euronaval 2024 in Paris.

• Data links

  Seatooth+ Power

  Seatooth+ Power combines the ability to transmit and receive data wirelessly and also provides a wireless power source in a single unit. It incorporates short-range, ...

• Sea: sonar systems

  KraitArray

  The KraitArray is a family of acoustic array sonars manufactured by SEA in the United Kingdom. They are designed for static, or low-speed, towed applications. ...

• Military - UUVs

  Gavia AUV

  The Gavia AUV, previously the Offshore Surveyor AUV, is manufactured by Teledyne Gavia. It can be used for low logistics, vessels of opportunity, commercial surveys including construction support, ...

• Military - UUVs

  MiLLi AUV

  The MiLLi AUV is a lightweight platform manufactured by Gate Elektronik. It is designed for mine and torpedo detection in harbour channels. It can also support rescue ...

• Vertex AUV

  The Vertex AUV is a fleet of small, portable and highly integrated vehicles, designed for commercial and civil applications. The Vertex, with a weight of ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Vector Hawk

  The Vector Hawk UAV can switch between multiple configurations, including fixed-wing, VTOL and tiltrotor, for different missions. The Vector Hawk has fully autonomous flight, landing ...

• Remus 6000

  The Remus 6000 AUV can be used for hydrographic surveys, environmental monitoring, debris field mapping, search and salvage operations, fishery operations, scientific sampling and mapping. ...

• IMCMS

  Integrated Mine Countermeasures System (IMCMS) is a sea-proven device designed for MCM operations against modern mines in all waters. It covers mine warfare, including sweeping, ...

• Seaglider M6

  The Seaglider M6 is an AUV developed for continuous, long-term measurement of oceanographic parameters. It is based on the original Seaglider technology and the design ...

• Sparus II

  Sparus II is a lightweight, multipurpose AUV that can be employed for industrial, scientific and academic applications. The system has been designed with a torpedo ...

• Hugin 4500

  The Hugin 4500 AUV is used for offshore surveying, marine research and hydrography. 

• Hugin 6000

  Hugin 6000 is an AUV used for offshore surveying, marine research and hydrography. 

• Military - UUVs

  A9-M

  The A9-M is a light, man-portable AUV, enabling deployment from small craft and in shallow water as a hand-launched vehicle. It is developed Exail. This AUV ...