Product profile
A6K Ultra-Deep AUV
A6K is Exail's ultra-deep autonomous underwater vehicle for operations to 6,000 meters, combining hovering, real-time detection and close-range inspection...
Facts
- Company
- Exail
- Product type
- auv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ultra_deep_survey
- Website
- https://www.exail.com/product/a6k-ultra-deep-autonomous-underwater-vehicles
About A6K Ultra-Deep AUV
A6K is Exail's ultra-deep autonomous underwater vehicle for operations to 6,000 meters, combining hovering, real-time detection and close-range inspection with a customizable payload section.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Ultra-deep autonomous underwater vehicle
Core: 6,000 m hover-capable AUV
Function: Performs deep-ocean survey and close-range inspection with configurable payloads
Audience: Marine research, offshore and government operators
Specifications
- autonomy
- Real-time target detection and automatic close-range inspection
- maximum_depth
- 6000 m
- mission_endurance
- 30 h
- mobility
- Hover-capable AUV
- payload_section
- Large customizable payload section with synthetic aperture sonar, multibeam echosounder and camera options
Operations
- Environment
- deep_ocean, underwater, offshore
- Primary user
- marine_researchers, offshore_operators, government_maritime_operators
- Role
- ultra_deep_survey, close_range_inspection, target_detection, scientific_mission
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, real_time_operator_supervision, payload_integration
- Mobility class
- hover_capable_autonomous_underwater_vehicle
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Elistair and Exail productise Khronos integration with DriX USV — 2026-07-21
- Exail wins European navy contract for three light MCM systems — 2026-07-15
- Thales agrees to acquire Exail stake ahead of planned tender offer — 2026-07-06
- Safran enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Exail Technologies — 2026-06-26
- Exail launches rapidly deployable GNSS-denied navigation solution — 2026-06-12
- Exail wins 100-unit Phins Compact INS order for naval UUVs — 2025-07-30
- Exail wins European defense contract for five DriX H-8 USVs — 2025-06-30
- Exail selected for Indonesian Navy unmanned MCM system — 2025-06-24