Sabertooth
A hovering hybrid underwater vehicle able to perform autonomous survey or remotely controlled inspection tasks.
- Country / region
- Sweden
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Saab
- Origin / production countries
- Sweden
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Single-hull Sabertooth; Double-hull Sabertooth
- Operators / programme customers
- Not established in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
Public specifications are attributed to the cited sources. Advertised limits are not assumed to occur simultaneously.
Role & capabilities
- Autonomous survey
- Seabed inspection
- Hovering intervention
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Hybrid AUV/ROV; single-hull or double-hull
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Hull / propulsion
- Battery-electric hovering vehicle
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Single: 3.6 × 0.66 × 0.45 m; double: 4 × 1.35 × 0.67 m
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Displacement / mass
- Launch mass: 650 kg single; 1,300 kg double
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Up to 5 knots single; 4 knots double
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Operating depth
- 1,200 m single; 3,000 m double
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Camera and sonar; mission-dependent inspection tools
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Autonomous, acoustic/optical command or tethered ROV operation
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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