Long-range large AUVCurrent
HUGIN Endurance
- Max depth
- 6,000 m
- Endurance
- Up to 16 days
A shore-capable, over-the-horizon HUGIN designed for multi-day to multi-week missions over very long distances.
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Environmental Monitoring AUVs
Vehicles documented for environmental monitoring. 20 records qualify from the current dataset; missing values are excluded from numerical ranking.
Modular man-portable AUVCurrent
Gavia
- Max depth
- 500 or 1,000 m
- Endurance
- Typical 7–8 hours at 3 kn per battery module
A configurable, shore- or small-vessel-deployable survey platform built around interchangeable vehicle and payload modules.
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Slocum G3 Glider
- Max depth
- 4–150 m or 40–1,000 m
- Endurance
- 15 days to 18 months, configuration dependent
A buoyancy-driven ocean glider offered in shallow and deep configurations for long-duration water-column observation.
View verified record →Long-endurance underwater gliderCurrent
Slocum Sentinel Glider
- Max depth
- 1,000 m
- Endurance
- Over one year
An enlarged Slocum architecture intended for year-scale persistent monitoring and multiple higher-power sensors.
View verified record →Man-portable survey AUVCurrent
Bluefin-9
General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Max depth
- 200 m
- Endurance
- 8 hours at 3 kn
A two-person-portable littoral survey vehicle in the Bluefin family.
View verified record →Long-range AUVCurrent
LRAUV
- Max depth
- 300 m; 1,500 m option
- Endurance
- Published as range: >1,000 km rechargeable; >2,000 km primary lithium
The commercial continuation of MBARI’s long-range propeller-driven AUV architecture for ship-light ocean observation.
View verified record →Man-portable coastal AUVCurrent
Iver3
- Max depth
- 100 m; 200 m option
- Endurance
- 8–14 hours at 2.5 kn
A single-person-portable coastal AUV with an open payload and software architecture.
View verified record →Fuel-cell long-range AUVCurrent
Envoy (formerly Solus-LR)
- Max depth
- 2,000 m
- Endurance
- 15 days
A hydrogen-fuel-cell long-endurance vehicle with a large flooded payload bay and battery-powered variants.
View verified record →Modular deep-ocean AUVCurrent
Explorer
International Submarine Engineering
- Max depth
- 3,000 or 6,000 m
- Endurance
- 24–115 hours, configuration dependent
A modular Canadian AUV family available in configurations for deep-ocean and under-ice survey.
View verified record →Man-portable coastal AUVCurrent
REMUS 100
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Max depth
- 100 m
- Endurance
- Not published
The compact coastal member of the REMUS family, originally developed at WHOI and adaptable to varied sensor packages.
View verified record →Long-range research AUVCurrent
Tethys LRAUV
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Max depth
- Not published
- Endurance
- Not published
MBARI’s first long-range AUV, developed for shore-launched biological and oceanographic missions and later licensed for commercial production.
View verified record →Large-diameter AUVCurrent
Dive-LD
- Max depth
- Approximately 6,000 m
- Endurance
- Approximately 10 days
A large-diameter, deep-rated vehicle built with open payload interfaces for defense and commercial mission sets.
View verified record →Two-person-portable coastal UUVCurrent production
REMUS 130
- Max depth
- 100 m
- Endurance
- Up to 10 hours
The third generation of the REMUS 100 series, modernized around open architecture and field-reconfigurable payloads.
View verified record →Two-person-portable modular UUVCurrent production
REMUS 300
- Max depth
- 305 m
- Endurance
- Up to 30 hours
A compact modular REMUS platform with selectable endurance configurations for littoral missions.
View verified record →Man-portable survey AUVOperational
Iver4 580
- Max depth
- 300 m
- Endurance
- 6 hours per hot-swappable battery section
The portable 5.8-inch Iver4 configuration, optimized for rapid battery swaps and shallow-water survey.
View verified record →Long-range research AUVOperational
Autosub Long Range
- Max depth
- 6,000 m
- Endurance
- Weeks to months
NOC’s ship-independent long-range science AUV for sustained water-column and seabed observation, including under ice.
View verified record →Deep-ocean work-class research AUVOperational
Autosub 5
- Max depth
- 6,000 m
- Endurance
- Not published
NOC’s high-power, ship-launched Autosub platform for detailed deep-ocean seabed imaging and modular sensor integration.
View verified record →Shallow-water underwater gliderCurrent production
SEAEXPLORER 200
- Max depth
- 200 m
- Endurance
- 75 days single battery; 135 days double battery
A rechargeable modular glider offered in single- and double-battery configurations for persistent shallow-water sensing.
View verified record →Deep underwater gliderCurrent production
SEAEXPLORER 1000
- Max depth
- 1,000 m
- Endurance
- 125 days
The 1,000-meter SEAEXPLORER glider configuration for multi-month, large-area ocean observation.
View verified record →Long-range underwater gliderOperational
Seaglider
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- Max depth
- 1,000 m
- Endurance
- Months; documented missions over 7 months
A buoyancy-driven research glider developed by UW for multi-month, basin-scale oceanographic observation.
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