Proteus Maritime
About
About Proteus Maritime
Proteus is developing an undersea mesh architecture described by Australian defence and research partners as a form of underwater Wi-Fi. Instead of requiring every submerged platform to communicate directly with a distant command point, nearby vehicles and sensors can relay information through distributed nodes.
The technology is intended to maintain a shared operating picture despite intermittent links and limited underwater bandwidth. Current work remains in research, demonstration and defence-development programmes rather than a mature commercial communications network deployed at global scale.
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Events
- 2025-10-09 - Award - Proteus Maritime and Edith Cowan University receive A$200,000 undersea-networking grant
The Defence and Research Teaming grant supports an underwater mesh network connecting submarines, subsea drones and sensors. Proteus Maritime and ECU had previously developed the concept through Exercise Western Dawn, where it was named the overall winner. The project targets resilient communications for underwater surveillance and other operations in Australian undersea environments.
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