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THE GLOBAL COVERAGE REGISTER / Underwater

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Country-by-country coverage of air, land, sea surface and underwater systems, with an open research register.

47Underwater profiles
17origin / production countries
15open research topics

Broad coverage is not a complete census.

The library covers aircraft, ground vehicles, surface vessels, underwater vehicles, selected variants, prototypes and reported concepts. Adjacent counter-UAS equipment is classified separately as support systems. Joint programmes count towards each named origin or production country; an importing country is not automatically a manufacturing country.

Totals describe published profiles, not fleet size or national completeness. Earlier regional audits focus on air systems; new domain audits identify separate land and maritime research needs. A country represented in the air catalogue may still have no ground or marine profile. Countries absent below have not been assessed in the selected scope.

RESEARCH UPDATE · 21 Sept 2026

September 2026 global coverage review

Reviewed all 90 original research topics: 6 resolved, 80 partially resolved and 4 still open. Added 192 sourced system and family profiles across air, land and maritime domains.

Read the review and its remaining evidence gaps →

Coverage by country & domain

Origin / production countryPublished profilesRemaining research
Australia2 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Speartooth delivered configuration data Audit notes →

Canada4 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Cellula specification contradictions and customer acceptance Audit notes →

China2 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Named Chinese military UUV identities and specifications Audit notes →

France2 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: French SLAM-F derivative acceptance and fitted specifications Audit notes →

Germany2 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: German SeaCat delivery completion Audit notes →

Iceland3 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Osprey and SeaRaptor naval configuration evidence Audit notes →

India1 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: L&T named naval customers and acceptance Audit notes →

Israel1 · Browse profiles →Further completeness review required
Japan1 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: OZZ-5 fleet acceptance and latest configuration Audit notes →

Norway4 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · Medium: HUGIN 4500 and MUNIN current configuration records Audit notes →

Russia2 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Russian naval UUV acceptance and wider Rubin portfolio Audit notes →

South Korea1 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Hanwha exact model identities and acceptance Audit notes →

Sweden4 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Saab customer acceptance and current Sea Wasp fleets Audit notes →

Türkiye3 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: DERİNGÖZ customer acceptance Audit notes →

Ukraine1 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Toloka model identity and Marichka acceptance Audit notes →

United Kingdom2 · Browse profiles →Further completeness review required
United States13 · Browse profiles →

Underwater · High: Delivered Iver configurations and Sentinel acceptance Audit notes →

Regional & domain audit notes

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Regional and domain audits are editable guides. New published profiles update the counts automatically; research rows are revised after source review. Operational use, orders, trials, supplier claims and concepts retain separate status labels.

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