Product profile
DVL A250
DVL A250 is Water Linked's compact long-range Doppler velocity log for ROVs, AUVs and USVs. It measures seabed-relative velocity across a 30 cm to 250 m al...
Facts
- Company
- Water Linked
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- seabed-relative velocity measurement
- Website
- https://www.waterlinked.com/shop/dvl-a250-1372
About DVL A250
DVL A250 uses four acoustic beams to measure vehicle velocity relative to the seabed across altitudes from 30 centimetres to 250 metres. It maintains bottom lock at speeds reaching 15 metres per second and provides velocity input for subsea navigation and station keeping.
The 149-millimetre-diameter unit weighs 1.65 kilograms in air and is offered with 1,000- or 4,000-metre depth ratings. Ethernet and serial interfaces support Water Linked APIs and PD-compatible outputs. An onboard computer, AHRS assistance and compact housing simplify ROV, AUV and USV integration.
Market context
component, Doppler velocity log, ROV, AUV and USV subsea navigation integration, https://www.waterlinked.com/web/image/product.template/1372/image_1920, underwater navigation sensing, doppler_velocity_logs, sensing
Summary
Type: DVL sensor
Core: Long-range velocity
Function: Navigation
Audience: Marine OEMs
Specifications
- accuracy_performance_percent
- ±0.1% long-term percent
- accuracy_standard_percent
- ±1.01% long-term percent
- average_power_w
- 8 W average W
- beam_angle_deg
- 22.5° deg
- depth_rating
- 1,000 m and 4,000 m configurations
- diameter_mm
- 149 mm mm
- height_mm
- 40 mm mm
- housing_material
- PEEK housing; stainless steel 316 back plate
- input_voltage_vdc
- 10-30 Vdc Vdc
- interface
- Ethernet and serial interfaces
- interface_variants
- Rear-entry O-ring; 2.5 m side-entry cable; side-entry Seacon MC8M
- max_range_m
- 250 m maximum bottom-lock altitude m
- max_speed_mps
- 15 m/s maximum bottom-lock speed m/s
- min_altitude_m
- 30 cm m
- operating_temperature_c
- -5 to 55 °C °C
- ping_rate_hz
- 1-15 Hz adaptive to altitude Hz
- price
- $26,900 listed price USD
- protocols
- Water Linked API; PD0; PD4; PD6
- surge_power_w
- 30 W maximum W
- transducer_frequency_khz
- 250 kHz kHz
- transducer_setup
- 4-beam convex Janus array
- velocity_resolution_mps
- 0.1 mm/s m/s
- water_tracking_status
- Planned; not available yet
- weight_air_kg
- 1.65 kg kg
- weight_submerged_kg
- 0.75 kg kg
Operations
- Environment
- underwater, subsea_vehicle_integration
- Primary user
- marine_robotics_oem, rov_operator, auv_operator, usv_operator
- Role
- velocity_measurement, subsea_navigation, dead_reckoning, station_keeping_input
- Interaction model
- embedded_sensor, ethernet_or_serial_api, web_gui
- Mobility class
- fixed_on_vehicle_component
- Product detail
- component, Doppler velocity log, ROV, AUV and USV subsea navigation integration, https://www.waterlinked.com/web/image/product.template/1372/image_1920, underwater navigation sensing, doppler_velocity_logs, sensing
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- NORBIT signs agreement to acquire Water Linked — 2026-06-21
- Water Linked demonstrates Sonar 3D-15 live on Blueye X3 — 2026-06-01
- Water Linked releases Water Tracking mode for DVLs — 2026-05-12
- Water Linked Sonar 3D-15 integrated into BeeX underwater drone autonomy stack — 2026-04-27
- Water Linked introduces next-generation DVL A250 — 2026-03-03
- Water Linked Sonar 3D-15 added to Skarv CORAX AUV design — 2024-11-05
- Water Linked DVL A50 incorporated into Boxfish autonomous underwater platforms — 2024-08-08
- Water Linked DVL A50 and UGPS documented across Deep Trekker ROV operations — 2024-06-27