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Marlin AUV

Marlin is Lockheed Martin's autonomous underwater vehicle system for subsea survey and inspection, with modular payload integration and autonomous operatio...

Facts

Company
Lockheed Martin
Product type
auv
Status
commercial
Primary capability
underwater_inspection
Website
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/marlin.html

About Marlin AUV

Marlin is Lockheed Martin's autonomous underwater vehicle system for subsea survey and inspection, with modular payload integration and autonomous operation in deepwater environments.

Market context

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Summary

Type: Autonomous underwater vehicle

Core: Deepwater subsea inspection AUV

Function: Surveys pipelines and subsea structures with autonomous navigation and modular sensing

Audience: Offshore, marine survey and subsea inspection operators

Specifications

depth_rating
1000 ft
endurance_hours
Up to 18 hours; MK2 source gives 18–24 hours
length_ft
10 ft
max_payload_lb
250 lb
max_speed_knots
4 kn
payload_integration
Modular plug-and-play mission packages supporting multi-beam, side-scan, 3D, sub-bottom, synthetic-aperture sonar, video, still imaging and laser profilers

Operations

Environment
underwater, subsea_operations, marine_robotics
Primary user
offshore_operators, marine_survey_teams, subsea_inspection_teams
Role
underwater_inspection, subsea_survey, pipeline_inspection, autonomous_navigation
Interaction model
autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, payload_integration
Mobility class
untethered_underwater_robot, hybrid_auv_rov
Product detail
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