Sabertooth
About
About Sabertooth
Sabertooth is a hovering underwater vehicle capable of operating autonomously as an AUV or through supervised ROV-style control. Its vectored thrusters provide six-degree-of-freedom movement and station keeping around subsea structures, pipelines and production equipment.
The vehicle carries sonar, cameras, manipulators and inspection tools and can remain resident at a subsea docking station. Docking supports charging, data transfer and repeated shore-controlled missions. Saab supplies Sabertooth for inspection, maintenance, repair, environmental monitoring and defence tasks at substantial operating depths.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Remote and shared control
Claimed - Saab presents Sabertooth for autonomous and remotely operated inspection, maintenance and intervention around subsea infrastructure.
Source - Autonomous undersea missions
Claimed - Saab presents Sabertooth for autonomous and remotely operated inspection, maintenance and intervention around subsea infrastructure.
Source - Subsea survey and inspection
Claimed - Saab presents Sabertooth for autonomous and remotely operated inspection, maintenance and intervention around subsea infrastructure.
Source - Industrial maintenance support
Claimed - Saab presents Sabertooth for autonomous and remotely operated inspection, maintenance and intervention around subsea infrastructure.
Source
Timeline
- Saab receives order for more than 20 Sabertooth vehicles
2023-06-05 - Commercial Order - Saab described the award as its largest Sabertooth order to date. The vehicles support autonomous deployment and recovery of ocean-bottom survey equipment. The contract value was SEK 620 million and deliveries were scheduled for 2023-2025.
Source
Context
Comparable Systems
- Aquanaut
Nauticus Robotics - Hybrid Rov Auv
- Tethys ONE
Tethys Robotics - Rov