Product profile
Iver4 580 UUV
Iver4 580 is L3Harris' portable autonomous underwater vehicle for commercial and defense survey missions, with a field-swappable battery and integrated nav...
Facts
- Company
- L3Harris Technologies
- Product type
- auv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater_survey
- Website
- https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/iver4-580?rid=12269
About Iver4 580 UUV
Iver4 580 is L3Harris' portable autonomous underwater vehicle for commercial and defense survey missions, with a field-swappable battery and integrated navigation and sonar suite.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Portable survey autonomous underwater vehicle
Core: 300 m field-swappable survey AUV
Function: Collects underwater survey data with a portable vehicle designed to return to mission quickly
Audience: Commercial survey, defense and offshore operators
Specifications
- battery
- Field-swappable sealed Li-ion battery section Wh
- depth_rating
- 300 m
- dimensions
- 82 in length x 5.8 in diameter
- endurance
- 6 h
- sensor_suite
- Side-scan sonar, INS, sound velocity probe and DVL
- sprint_speed
- Greater than 5 knots kn
- survey_speed
- 4.5 kn
- weight_kg
- Less than 45.4 kg kg
Operations
- Environment
- coastal_water, surf_zone, underwater, defense_mission
- Primary user
- hydrographic_survey_teams, naval_operators, offshore_operators
- Role
- underwater_survey, hydrographic_mapping, shallow_water_operations, infrastructure_inspection
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, shore_avoidance_autonomy
- Mobility class
- autonomous_underwater_vehicle
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-20-batch-16/l3harris-iver4-580-official-16x9.jpg, torpedo_form_autonomous_underwater_vehicle, portable_survey_autonomous_underwater_vehicle, 1600, 900, 32a9e43e9db79d6fbfe205478bdf10f87f41697532bd8e4d7e0c9f2bc27b14c3, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, robotics_assets, https://www.l3harris.com/sites/default/files/styles/1064_x_598/public/2025-...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Green Wolf test combines L3Harris DiSCO with Shield AI Hivemind — 2026-07-16
- Australia awards A$6.2M across three AUKUS undersea-autonomy contracts — 2026-07-10
- L3Harris and Skydagger sign MOU for VAMPIRE drone-interceptor capability — 2026-06-16
- L3Harris scales fiber-optic tether systems for drones and subsea uncrewed platforms — 2026-05-19
- L3Harris fiber-optic torpedo cable advances from proof of design to manufacturing — 2025-09-09
- L3Harris IPLCS clears testing toward fiber-optic torpedo guidance production — 2025-02-03