Product profile
DVL A50
DVL A50 is Water Linked compact Doppler Velocity Log for underwater vehicles. It provides velocity relative to the seabed, helping ROVs, AUVs and divers na...
Facts
- Company
- Water Linked
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- compact Doppler velocity log
- Website
- https://waterlinked.com/shop/dvl-a50-1248
About DVL A50
DVL A50 uses four one-megahertz acoustic beams in a convex Janus arrangement to measure three-axis velocity relative to the seabed. It operates from approximately five centimetres to 50 metres above the bottom and returns velocity, altitude and validity information for navigation and station keeping.
The 170-gram unit consumes around four watts and is available with depth ratings of 300 or 600 metres. Ethernet and serial connections feed data to an ROV, AUV or diver-navigation computer, while a browser interface supports setup and diagnostics. Water-tracking mode can provide relative motion when the bottom is outside acoustic range.
Market context
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Summary
Type: DVL sensor
Core: Underwater velocity
Function: Navigation
Audience: Marine operators
Specifications
- depth_rating
- 300 m depth-rated configuration available
- interface
- Ethernet and serial connection options
- operating_environment
- Underwater bottom-track navigation and dead reckoning
- price
- $8,710.00; page also states from less than $8,000 US USD
- target_use_cases
- Small ROV, AUV and underwater vehicle navigation
Operations
- Environment
- robotics_system
- Product detail
- component, 1600, 900, 04a105150353a4eac9ff76310051fa8b6307a781cc1f20069398fce1e3f6c5b8, 04a105150353a4eac9ff76310051fa8b6307a781cc1f20069398fce1e3f6c5b8, Doppler velocity log, 1600, ROV, AUV and subsea inspection integration, 900, https://waterlinked.com/web/image/60240-6e80686a/IMG_1677.jpg, https://waterlinked.com/web/image/60240-6e80686a/IMG_1677.jpg, https://waterlinked.com/shop/dvl-a50-1248, source_backed_photo, underwater navigation sensing, 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z, source_backed_photo...
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