UUVs

In Operation

Ocean Aero Triton

As an Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV), Ocean Aero’s Triton is at home in two domains: surfacing to exploit solar and wind energy, and then folding its wing sail and submerging to avoid detection, harsh weather...

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UUVs

Generally, makers of autonomous UUVs get to enjoy a rather different market entry route compared with that of manufacturers of uncrewed systems for aerial and terrestrial applications. For example, drones must be built incredibly...

In Operation

Impossible Metals’ Eureka underwater miner

Ore nodules collected from the seafloor represent a potentially enormous and untapped source of raw minerals, which are key to the fast-growing sustainable mobility and power grid industries, and are sufficiently widespread that many countries...

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UUVs

Since the first AUVs were developed in US universities between the 1950s and 1970s, new UUV systems have been engineered and deployed in every ocean around the world, gathering priceless data for defence, offshore industry, scientific research and...