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Compare AUV specifications
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| Vehicle | Class | Max depth | Endurance | Length | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGIN SuperiorKongsberg Discovery | Deep-ocean survey AUV | 6,000 m | More than 72 hours | Not published | Not published |
| HUGIN EnduranceKongsberg Discovery | Long-range large AUV | 6,000 m | Up to 16 days | Approximately 11 m | Approximately 8,000 kg |
| HUGIN EdgeKongsberg Discovery | Shallow-water survey AUV | 5–1,000 m | 24 hours at 3 kn | 4.10 m | 350–390 kg in air |
| HUGIN 3000Kongsberg Discovery | Deep-ocean survey AUV | 3,000 m | Up to 100 hours at 4 kn | Not published | Not published |
| HUGIN 6000Kongsberg Discovery | Deep-ocean survey AUV | 6,000 m | Up to 100 hours at 4 kn | Not published | Not published |
| MUNINKongsberg Discovery | Medium survey AUV | 600 m | Up to 9 hours per battery module | 4.0 m | Not published |
| GaviaTeledyne Marine | Modular man-portable AUV | 500 or 1,000 m | Typical 7–8 hours at 3 kn per battery module | 1.8–4.5 m, configuration dependent | 50–130 kg, configuration dependent |
| SeaRaptorTeledyne Marine | Deep-ocean survey AUV | 3,000 or 6,000 m | Approximately 24 hours at 3 kn | Approximately 5.5 m | Approximately 1,000–1,200 kg |
| Slocum G3 GliderTeledyne Marine | Underwater glider | 4–150 m or 40–1,000 m | 15 days to 18 months, configuration dependent | 1.5 m | 55–70 kg |
| Slocum Sentinel GliderTeledyne Marine | Long-endurance underwater glider | 1,000 m | Over one year | 2.57 m | 171 kg |
| Bluefin-9General Dynamics Mission Systems | Man-portable survey AUV | 200 m | 8 hours at 3 kn | 2.31 m | 70 kg |
| Bluefin-12General Dynamics Mission Systems | Medium littoral survey AUV | 200 m | 24 hours at 3 kn | 4.8 m | 250 kg |
| Bluefin-21General Dynamics Mission Systems | Heavyweight deep-water survey AUV | Not published in selected primary source | 24 hours | 4.9 m | 750 kg |
| SabertoothSaab | Hovering hybrid AUV/ROV | 1,200 m single hull; 3,000 m double hull | Not published | 3.6 m single hull; 4.0 m double hull | 650 kg single hull; 1,300 kg double hull launch weight |
| LRAUVSaab | Long-range AUV | 300 m; 1,500 m option | Published as range: >1,000 km rechargeable; >2,000 km primary lithium | Not published | Approximately 110 kg |
| Double Eagle SAROVSaab | Hybrid mine-countermeasure AUV/ROV | 300 m | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| A18-MExail | Medium mine-countermeasure AUV | 300 m | Up to 24 hours at 3 kn | Not published | Not published |
| A9-MExail | Light mine-countermeasure AUV | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Iver3L3Harris | Man-portable coastal AUV | 100 m; 200 m option | 8–14 hours at 2.5 kn | 1.88–2.16 m | 27–39 kg |
| Iver4 900L3Harris | Extended-endurance man-portable AUV | 300 m | 20+ hours NiMH; 40+ hours Li-ion | 2.5 m | Less than 104 kg |
| Envoy (formerly Solus-LR)Cellula Robotics | Fuel-cell long-range AUV | 2,000 m | 15 days | 8.5 m | 3,700 kg displacement |
| ExplorerInternational Submarine Engineering | Modular deep-ocean AUV | 3,000 or 6,000 m | 24–115 hours, configuration dependent | 4.5–7.5 m | 620–1,700 kg |
| Echo VoyagerBoeing | Extra-large AUV | 3,000 m | Months of operation | 15.5 m without payload section; 25.9 m with 34 ft payload section | 45,360 kg in air |
| REMUS 100Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Man-portable coastal AUV | 100 m | Not published | Not published | Approximately 37 kg |
| REMUS 600Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Medium research and survey AUV | 600 m | Nearly 70 hours | Not published | 240 kg |
| REMUS 3000Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Deep-ocean research AUV | 3,000 m | Not published | Not published | 335 kg |
| REMUS 6000Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Deep-ocean research AUV | 6,000 m | Not published | Not published | 862 kg |
| SentryWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Deep-ocean hovering research AUV | 6,000 m | 26–60 hours on bottom, mission dependent | 2.9 m | 1,250 kg without extra science gear |
| Tethys LRAUVMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | Long-range research AUV | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Dorado-class AUVMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | Research survey AUV | Up to 6,000 m in documented class examples | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Dive-LDAnduril Industries | Large-diameter AUV | Approximately 6,000 m | Approximately 10 days | Approximately 5.8 m | Not published |
| Dive-XLAnduril Industries | Extra-large AUV | Not published | Demonstrated 100-hour voyage; designed for weeks submerged | Not published | Not published |
| REMUS 130HII | Two-person-portable coastal UUV | 100 m | Up to 10 hours | Not published | Not published |
| REMUS 300HII | Two-person-portable modular UUV | 305 m | Up to 30 hours | Not published | Not published |
| REMUS 620HII | Medium long-endurance UUV | 600 m | Up to 110 hours | Not published | Not published |
| Lamprey MMAUVLockheed Martin | Multi-mission large AUV | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Marlin Mk3Lockheed Martin | Deepwater inspection AUV | 4,000 m | Up to 24 hours | Not published | Not published |
| AUV62-MRSaab | Mine-reconnaissance AUV | 300 m | 24 hours at 3 kn | 5–6.5 m | 800–1,250 kg |
| AUV62-ATSaab | Autonomous acoustic-target AUV | 300 m | >18 h at 3 kn; >9 h at 6 kn; >3 h at 10 kn | Not published | Approximately 800 kg |
| Autonomous Ocean DroneSaab | Large uncrewed underwater vehicle | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Orca XLUUVBoeing | Extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle | Not published | Monthslong missions | 15.5 m; 25.9 m with payload section | Not published |
| A6KExail | Ultra-deep hovering survey AUV | 6,000 m | Up to 30 hours | Not published | Not published |
| Iver4 580L3Harris | Man-portable survey AUV | 300 m | 6 hours per hot-swappable battery section | 2.08 m | Less than 45.4 kg |
| Guardian AUVCellula Robotics | Long-range surveillance AUV | Not published | Up to 45 days | Not published | Not published |
| Autosub Long RangeNational Oceanography Centre | Long-range research AUV | 6,000 m | Weeks to months | Not published | Not published |
| Autosub 5National Oceanography Centre | Deep-ocean work-class research AUV | 6,000 m | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| SEAEXPLORER 200ALSEAMAR | Shallow-water underwater glider | 200 m | 75 days single battery; 135 days double battery | 2.2 m single; 2.8 m double battery | 65 kg single; 90 kg double battery |
| SEAEXPLORER 1000ALSEAMAR | Deep underwater glider | 1,000 m | 125 days | 2.0 m | 59 kg |
| SeagliderUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory | Long-range underwater glider | 1,000 m | Months; documented missions over 7 months | 1.8 m body | 52 kg dry |
| Eelume S3Eelume | Small all-terrain AUV | 300 m; 600 m option | Up to 11 hours | Not published | Not published |
| Eelume S6Eelume | Medium all-terrain AUV | 600 m | Configurable up to multi-day operation | Not published | Not published |