UNDERWATER SURVEILLANCE DRONES
Underwater Surveillance Drones are autonomous or remotely operated subsea platforms designed to extend maritime-domain awareness below the surface. They support persistent surveillance, hydrographic intelligence, seabed mapping, inspection and mine-countermeasure-related tasks while reducing the exposure of divers and crewed vessels. The system may be offered as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), tethered remotely operated vehicle (ROV), or hybrid platform capable of autonomous and supervised operation. A low-drag, cylindrical body permits quiet underwater movement and accommodates deployment from shore, RHIBs, patrol vessels, naval ships or containerised launch-and-recovery systems.
Operational Use Cases
- Harbour, port and naval-base surveillance
- Coastal and offshore reconnaissance
- Seabed mapping and hydrographic survey
- Detection of underwater obstacles, wrecks and mine-like objects
- Inspection of pipelines, subsea cables, jetties, vessel hulls and underwater infrastructure
- Environmental-data collection including salinity, temperature, depth and turbidity
- Maritime intelligence preparation and route surveillance