SYOS has launched its SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV), expanding the company’s autonomous systems portfolio into the subsurface domain alongside its air, land and sea platforms.
The SU10 was announced at the Combined Naval Event in the United Kingdom. SYOS said the vehicle is designed for high-priority maritime missions including mine countermeasures, protection of subsea infrastructure and on-demand surveillance.
According to the company, the SU10 can support tasks such as search and identification, route clearance, infrastructure inspection and intervention. SYOS also said the UUV can operate in coordination with its other uncrewed vehicles to support integrated multi-domain operations in contested environments.
SYOS CEO and founder Sam Vye said the SU10 extends the company’s offering undersea and is intended to be interoperable with its existing uncrewed capabilities. He said the system uses SYOS’s AAIMS autonomy software stack, which the company describes as an open-architecture platform designed to plan and re-task multiple vehicles across domains in real time.
SYOS said the SU10 offers up to four hours of battery endurance, with an option to operate indefinitely using surface power. It uses an ultra-slim fibre-optic tether and can be launched, operated and recovered via satellite communications through a surface link, the company said.
The company said the SU10 has an operating depth of 500 metres and supports a modular 10-kilogram payload, with options including sensors and inspection and intervention equipment. Deployment options include shore-based launch, crewed vessels, or SYOS uncrewed surface vessels using a launch and recovery system.
SYOS said earlier variants of the system have been used in New Zealand offshore oil and gas applications and for commercial pipeline survey, inspection and intervention.
The SU10 is scheduled to be deployed in late 2026 as part of planned annual Antarctic missions for long-range under-ice mapping through an international research partnership, SYOS said.
In the same announcement, the company said it is developing anti-submarine warfare-related capabilities by combining surface, subsurface and aerial systems to provide persistent surveillance across wide maritime areas.
