Product profile
SEAScout
QinetiQ SEAScout is a modular small underwater vehicle for configurable naval, survey and research missions.
Facts
- Company
- QinetiQ
- Product type
- auv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater_survey
- Website
- https://www.qinetiq.com/en-us/what-we-do/research-and-development/autonomous-systems/robotics/robotic-products/seascout-unmanned-underwater-vehicle
About SEAScout
QinetiQ SEAScout is a modular small underwater vehicle for configurable naval, survey and research missions.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Small UUV
Core: SEAScout
Function: Underwater missions
Audience: Marine operators
Specifications
- endurance
- Multi-day durability available
- form_factor
- A-size form factor available
- modularity
- Self-sealed common base with daisy-chainable payload sections
- software
- Open software architecture with ROS-enabled integration
- speed
- 12-knot sprint speeds available kn
Operations
- Environment
- underwater, coastal_water, defense_mission
- Primary user
- naval_operators, marine_researchers, underwater_survey_teams
- Role
- underwater_survey, maritime_security, payload_integration, multi_mission_operations
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, modular_payload_integration
- Mobility class
- autonomous_underwater_vehicle, modular_auv
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-20-batch-17/qinetiq-seascout-official-16x9.jpg, modular_compact_autonomous_underwater_vehicle, small_uncrewed_underwater_vehicle, 1600, 900, e62a38e8736115e7a8b218df12f2a7a57c276d537da0c8d6629db8b7c4b55423, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, robotics_assets, https://www.qinetiq.com/-/media/f39770b1e7674991a5f497afc7572a3c.ashx?h=500&w=1110&la=...