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Underwater · Coverage audit

Underwater systems coverage audit & research gaps

15 original research topics reviewed: 0 resolved, 15 partially resolved and 0 still open. The remaining register identifies specific evidence needs.

Scope and evidence

This audit covers the original research register for Underwater systems coverage audit & research gaps. The review below records work completed on 21 September 2026. Resolved means the named research task was addressed, not that every national programme or undisclosed capability is catalogued. Partially resolved topics now have published evidence but retain a narrower question.

France — Partially resolved

Exail A9-M, A18-M and SLAM-F configuration. Added distinct A9-M and A18-M profiles and separated eight firm French SLAM-F vehicles from eight options. July 2026 light-MCM award explicitly excludes A9-M.

Germany — Partially resolved

SeaCat family and delivered Navy configuration. Added SeaCat profile with explicit 600 m family versus 300 m German baseline and hybrid control modes. Government source contains stale forward delivery language.

India — Partially resolved

L&T Amogh, Adamya and Maya. Reviewed current L&T source and added differentiated Amogh, Adamya and Maya portfolio record with model-qualified dimensions, masses and depth.

Japan — Partially resolved

MHI OZZ-5 and France–Japan follow-on technology. Added sourced profiles after checking current product, programme and customer evidence.

South Korea — Partially resolved

Hanwha mine-detection AUV and larger programmes. Added sourced profiles after checking current product, programme and customer evidence.

Türkiye — Partially resolved

DERİNGÖZ 100M/600 and 100L/300. Added sourced profiles after checking current product, programme and customer evidence. Added contracted NETA 300 and separately classified the May 2026 TENGİZ announcement.

Iceland — Partially resolved

Gavia, Osprey and SeaRaptor. Added sourced profiles after checking current product, programme and customer evidence.

United States — Partially resolved

Iver4 900, Iver4 580, Knifefish and Slocum Sentinel. Added separate Iver4 900, Iver4 580, Knifefish and Slocum Sentinel records. Distinguished battery/document baselines, the March 2026 Iver procurement, the first Knifefish delivery and Sentinel's 2026 trial.

Norway — Partially resolved

Base HUGIN models and MUNIN. Added base HUGIN 3000/4500/6000 and MUNIN records. Used the dedicated 3000 and 6000 sheets rather than the generic 100-hour headline; identified MUNIN's source as March 2018.

Sweden — Partially resolved

Double Eagle, Sea Wasp and MuMNS. Added Double Eagle MDS/SAROV, MuMNS and Sea Wasp. Distinguished tether-powered, hybrid and untethered modes and recorded specific Polish procurement and historical US prototype evidence.

Australia — Partially resolved

Speartooth. Added Speartooth with current MASU, US commissioning and German-sale evidence. Numeric performance has not been invented from secondary reports.

Canada — Partially resolved

Cellula Solus-LR / Solus-XR and ISE vehicles. Resolved the Solus-LR→Envoy and Solus-XR→Guardian identities. Added those two records, Explorer and historical Theseus; distinguished Envoy's reported 2026 trial from Guardian's advertised range.

China — Partially resolved

Military UUV families and dual-use scientific vehicles. Added Haidou-1 and Haiyi as explicitly scientific technology records. Reviewed the 2025 Chinese defence press conference, which declined to add programme details about large parade-displayed UUVs.

Russia — Partially resolved

Rubin robotic vehicles and naval UUV programmes. Added manufacturer-sourced Vityaz-D and Yunona research/survey records. Rubin's 2018 annual report also confirms Klavesin-2R-PM preliminary trials, without establishing present acceptance.

Ukraine — Partially resolved

Toloka and other reported underwater prototypes. Identified Marichka's project owner and prototype evidence and added a development profile. Reviewed BRAVE1's named Toloka team reference and current market literature; none supplies a sufficiently clear original model-specific acceptance record.

Open research register

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France · Underwater · High priority

French SLAM-F derivative acceptance and fitted specifications

Obtain model-specific delivery/acceptance evidence and an extended-vehicle data sheet; standard A18-M dimensions cannot substitute.

Research starting point ↗

Germany · Underwater · High priority

German SeaCat delivery completion

Confirm four-vehicle acceptance and Type 332 integration; the procurement page forecasts mid-2026 but does not report completion.

Research starting point ↗

India · Underwater · High priority

L&T named naval customers and acceptance

Product identities and supplier specifications are covered; verify operator fleets and model-specific delivery evidence.

Research starting point ↗

Japan · Underwater · High priority

OZZ-5 fleet acceptance and latest configuration

Government 2026 sources confirm active improvement and research work; establish delivered fleet totals and the current vehicle fit.

Research starting point ↗

South Korea · Underwater · High priority

Hanwha exact model identities and acceptance

Supplier distinguishes survey AUV, ASWUUV and docking work, but model-specific production identifiers, specifications and fleet acceptance remain undisclosed.

Research starting point ↗

Türkiye · Underwater · High priority

DERİNGÖZ customer acceptance

Verify Deringöz military contracts and handovers separately from testing; confirm NETA 300 customer acceptance and TENGİZ prototype/sea-trial milestones. NETA's contract does not establish TENGİZ service status.

Research starting point ↗

Iceland · Underwater · High priority

Osprey and SeaRaptor naval configuration evidence

Gavia named naval deliveries are now documented. Osprey/SeaRaptor generic portfolio claims do not identify each naval customer or accepted fit.

Research starting point ↗

United States · Underwater · High priority

Delivered Iver configurations and Sentinel acceptance

Obtain customer-specific Iver4 580 acceptance and sensor configurations, completion evidence for the 2026 Iver4 900 contract, and subsequent Sentinel naval acceptance. The published Sentinel duration remains advertised, not a demonstrated two-year deployment.

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Norway · Underwater · Medium priority

HUGIN 4500 and MUNIN current configuration records

Seek a current dedicated 4500 specification and model-specific military acceptance, plus confirmation of MUNIN's current production/support state and customer configuration. Historical rental literature is not a current production claim.

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Sweden · Underwater · High priority

Saab customer acceptance and current Sea Wasp fleets

Track completion of Polish follow-on deliveries and French/British MuMNS mission-package acceptance. Confirm current Sea Wasp fleets beyond the historical US prototypes; broad family use claims do not establish version-specific fleets.

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Australia · Underwater · High priority

Speartooth delivered configuration data

Obtain dated producer specifications and customer acceptance/configuration records. Public primary material establishes programme progress but does not disclose a full depth, endurance, payload and dimensions table.

Research starting point ↗

Canada · Underwater · High priority

Cellula specification contradictions and customer acceptance

Reconcile conflicting headline/table mass, depth and endurance values with dated sheets. Establish confidential Guardian customer acceptance where public, and current defence-specific Explorer configurations; historic customers and demonstrations are not present fleet readiness.

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China · Underwater · High priority

Named Chinese military UUV identities and specifications

HSU-001 and newer military vehicles still require original developer/model and acceptance evidence. Scientific depth records do not fill this defence-platform gap; the reviewed official military source did not supply model-specific data.

Research starting point ↗

Russia · Underwater · High priority

Russian naval UUV acceptance and wider Rubin portfolio

Establish current Klavesin-2R-PM and other naval programme specifications and acceptance separately from research robotics. Amulet, Talisman and later concepts still need dedicated configuration records. Torpedoes remain outside scope.

Research starting point ↗

Ukraine · Underwater · High priority

Toloka model identity and Marichka acceptance

Obtain original TLK-150/200/400/1000 configuration documentation, exact producer identity and trials/acceptance. BRAVE1 team participation and market-research specifications are not production proof. Marichka's range remains a project-owner claim and current service is unresolved.

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Publication history

  • — Reviewed every original topic; published supported additions and replaced broad gaps with the remaining evidence questions.
  • — Added sourced land and maritime coverage with domain-specific evidence and limitations.

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Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. Exail A18-M (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  2. TKMS SeaCat MK1 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  3. L&T current autonomous naval portfolio (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  4. Japan equipment guide, FY2018 baseline (opens in a new tab)Government
  5. Hanwha underwater-surveillance AUV (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  6. ASELSAN 100M/600 brochure, June 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  7. Teledyne Gavia product specification (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  8. March 2026 DIU contract announcement (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  9. Current HUGIN family overview (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  10. Polish follow-on SAROV order (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  11. Australian Navy MASU announcement (opens in a new tab)Government
  12. Envoy product page and Solus-LR identity (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  13. July 2026 Haidou-1 scientific expedition (opens in a new tab)Government
  14. Vityaz-D manufacturer technical page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  15. AMMO Ukraine Marichka project page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

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Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleFrance

Exail A9-M

A portable autonomous survey vehicle for mine detection and environmental assessment.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleFrance

Exail A18-M / SLAM-F derivative

A medium military AUV with a separately contracted extended French SLAM-F configuration.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleGermany

SeaCat MK1

A modular AUV with optional tethered inspection capability and a German minehunter integration programme.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleIndia

L&T Amogh / Adamya / Maya AUVs

Three Indian underwater vehicle lines addressing deep survey, compact modular missions and configurable environmental work.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleJapan

OZZ-5

Japan's mine-search AUV, with a documented equipment baseline and continuing sonar research.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleTürkiye

DERİNGÖZ 100M/600 / 100L/300

Two autonomous survey vehicles with separate depth ratings and configurable batteries.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleIceland

Gavia AUV

A modular portable AUV with named naval deliveries and a configurable survey sensor suite.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleIceland

Osprey AUV

A larger modular relative of Gavia with more energy and payload volume.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleIceland

SeaRaptor

A deep-water AUV offered for broad survey and defence-related seabed observation.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUnited States

L3Harris Iver4 900

A modular, nine-inch-class AUV selected for a US submarine launch-and-recovery development programme.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUnited States

L3Harris Iver4 580

A smaller modular Iver AUV with a distinct five-point-eight-inch hull and a dated 2025 specification baseline.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUnited States

General Dynamics Knifefish

A US Navy mine-countermeasure AUV derived from Bluefin technology, with its own sonar, integration and delivery record.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater gliderUnited States

Teledyne Slocum Sentinel

A larger Slocum glider intended for long-duration sensing, with a documented 2026 naval acoustic demonstration.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleNorway

Kongsberg HUGIN 3000 / 4500 / 6000

The original deep-water HUGIN survey family, with model-specific energy and depth configurations distinct from Superior and Endurance.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleNorway

Kongsberg MUNIN

A smaller modular survey AUV documented in Kongsberg's 2018 rental catalogue; current production and defence acceptance require updating.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Remotely operated underwater vehicleSweden

Saab Double Eagle MDS / SAROV

A mine-countermeasure vehicle family spanning a tether-powered ROV and a battery-capable hybrid ROV/AUV.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Remotely operated underwater vehicleSweden

Saab Double Eagle MuMNS

A reusable tethered underwater vehicle integrated into French and British mine-countermeasure programmes.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Remotely operated underwater vehicleSweden

Saab Sea Wasp

A portable tethered inspection and explosive-ordnance-disposal support ROV with documented US prototype deliveries.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleAustralia

C2 Robotics Speartooth

An Australian large autonomous underwater vehicle with a 2026 US commissioning announcement and German export sale.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

Cellula Envoy / Solus-LR

A long-endurance AUV formerly called Solus-LR, with a manufacturer-reported 2,023 km submerged demonstration in 2026.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

Cellula Guardian / Solus-XR

The current Solus-XR identity, offered as a large modular battery or fuel-cell AUV with an announced confidential defence sale.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

ISE Explorer

A modular Canadian survey AUV family with delivered scientific and commercial vehicles and defence-funded docking development.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

ISE Theseus

A historical Canadian defence AUV built for under-ice cable-laying research and subsequently placed in storage.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleChina

CAS Haidou-1

A Chinese full-ocean-depth research robot with autonomous and remotely operated modes, documented in a 2026 scientific expedition.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater gliderChina

CAS Haiyi gliders

A Chinese buoyancy-driven ocean-observation family, with scientific deployments and distinct deep-diving demonstrators.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleRussia

Rubin Vityaz-D

A Russian full-ocean-depth autonomous research complex, separate from operational naval UUV claims.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleRussia

Rubin Yunona

A small modular survey and search AUV with a manufacturer-published 1,000-metre depth rating.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUkraine

AMMO Ukraine Marichka

A Ukrainian underwater-vehicle project whose owner publishes prototype evidence and a claimed long-range multi-role concept.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleTürkiye

STM NETA 300

A portable autonomous survey vehicle with a Turkish domestic contract and documented sea trials.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleTürkiye

Concept / announced

STM TENGİZ

A large autonomous underwater-vehicle programme unveiled by STM in May 2026.

Concept / announcedRead
Editorial review

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.

Reviewed 21 Sept 2026Read
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

REMUS 100

Small untethered survey vehicle with a long naval mine-countermeasures history and numerous sensor configurations.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

REMUS 300 / Lionfish platform

Portable modular AUV underpinning the US Navy’s Lionfish programme, with battery-dependent size, endurance and range.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

REMUS 620

Medium-class modular AUV with multi-day advertised endurance and documented customer procurement and integration trials.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Bluefin-9

Portable electric AUV combining seabed sonar, imaging and environmental data collection.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Bluefin-21

A large, deep-rated survey AUV with interchangeable sensor and battery modules.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsNorway

HUGIN Superior

A deep-water survey AUV combining synthetic-aperture sonar with a broad environmental sensor suite.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsNorway

HUGIN Endurance

A large AUV designed for long autonomous survey deployments from shore or a support vessel.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsSweden

Sabertooth

A hovering hybrid underwater vehicle able to perform autonomous survey or remotely controlled inspection tasks.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited Kingdom

Seaeye Falcon

A compact tethered inspection ROV with standard and deep-rated configurations.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Dive-LD

A modular large-diameter AUV marketed for defence and commercial deep-water missions.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsIsrael / Germany

BlueWhale

A large Israeli-developed AUV with German sonar integration and a documented German Navy handover.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited Kingdom

XV Excalibur

The Royal Navy's Project Cetus extra-large underwater technology demonstrator.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Slocum G3

A buoyancy-driven oceanographic glider with established naval use and configurable environmental sensing.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Manta Ray

An extra-large underwater technology demonstrator exploring long-duration autonomous operations.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Orca XLUUV

The US Navy's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle programme, developed around modular mission payloads.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsAustralia

Ghost Shark

Australia's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle programme, progressing from prototypes into contracted production.

Order / production commitmentRead