Role & capabilities
- Mine-countermeasure support
- Underwater inspection
- Environmental survey in SAROV configuration
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Remotely operated underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Saab
- Origin / production countries
- Sweden
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Double Eagle MDS; Double Eagle SAROV
- Operators / programme customers
- Poland — SAROV follow-on procurement
Evidence & current status
Configuration and acceptance claims are kept separate from wider family marketing.
Double Eagle is a family of underwater mine-countermeasure vehicles rather than a single fixed configuration. The MDS is a reusable remotely operated vehicle powered through its tether. SAROV adds batteries and autonomous navigation, allowing both tethered and untethered modes. Classifying the entire family as purely autonomous would therefore hide an important design distinction.
Saab's separate brochures describe support equipment, modular payload arrangements and integration with different host platforms. For readers comparing platforms, the relevant questions are which vehicle version is supplied, whether the tether carries power, and what equipment is installed. The stated mass, depth and speed differ between MDS and SAROV, and cannot be substituted for each other.
A 2022 Saab announcement records a further Polish order for SAROV systems, providing a named procurement relationship beyond generic worldwide-use claims. That announcement does not by itself establish completion of every later delivery. The smaller MuMNS configuration has its own record because its structure and deployment role differ. This profile covers the reusable vehicles and their public design characteristics, rather than individual disposal charges or procedures.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | MDS tethered ROV; SAROV hybrid tethered/untethered vehicle | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Hull / propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | MDS 2.2 × 1.3 × 0.5 m; SAROV 3.0 × 1.3 × 0.8 m | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Displacement / mass | MDS 360 kg; SAROV 730 kg in air | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 0–6 knots | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Operating depth | MDS 500 m; SAROV 300 m | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Communications / control | MDS power/data tether; SAROV offers powered tether, optical tether or untethered operation | Configuration-specific published baseline; installed equipment and conditions can alter performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / deployment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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