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Speartooth LUUV

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About Speartooth LUUV

Speartooth is a large autonomous underwater vehicle built around a modular internal payload area and a compact logistics footprint. The platform supports surveillance, seabed operations, payload delivery and other long-range missions through configurable sensors, communications and mission equipment.

C2 Robotics designed Speartooth for rapid manufacture, transport and deployment with limited supporting infrastructure. Its autonomy executes underwater navigation and mission plans while preserving remote oversight where communications permit. The system is entering defence procurement and fleet-development programmes in Australia.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • ISR and tactical support

    Claimed - Speartooth LUUV supports ISR support.

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Timeline

  • Royal Australian Navy assigns Speartooth to autonomous-systems unit

    2026-04-14 - Market Signal - The Royal Australian Navy said its Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit would operate Speartooth alongside Ghost Shark and Bluebottle platforms. The unit moves Speartooth into a formal Navy structure for autonomous maritime capability rather than leaving it as a standalone development programme. Navy established the unit to accelerate experimentation, doctrine, training and operational employment for maritime autonomous systems.

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  • C2 Robotics and Thales Australia advance partnership on sovereign autonomous maritime systems

    2024-10-28 - Partnership - C2 Robotics and Thales Australia announced a partnership to integrate Thales sonar sensors and processing into the Speartooth LUUV. The collaboration is intended to improve Speartooth's autonomous navigation, safety, reliability, and mission flexibility at long range. The companies positioned the partnership around sovereign Australian supply chain depth, local sensor production, and scalable autonomous maritime capability.

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  • Speartooth LUUV moves toward real-world operations through more challenging trials

    2024-02-11 - Capability - C2 Robotics said Speartooth had advanced into more demanding real-world trials as it continued maturing the platform. The update followed earlier in-water testing and signaled progress from early prototype demonstration toward operationally relevant performance. The company framed the work as validation of the long-range autonomous underwater vessel concept in increasingly realistic conditions.

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  • C2 Robotics secures Defence innovation funding for Gen 2 Speartooth large uncrewed underwater vessel

    2023-10-04 - Funding - C2 Robotics received a third tranche of innovation funding from the Australian Department of Defence to progress prototype development of the Gen 2 Speartooth LUUV. The funding followed real-world testing of the first-generation Speartooth since May 2022. C2 said the funding would support the next stage of prototype refinement based on operational trial learnings.

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Context

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