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SYOS has expanded its autonomous portfolio into the subsurface domain with the introduction of the SU10 Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) at the Combined Naval Event in the United Kingdom.
The new vehicle is engineered for high-priority maritime missions, including mine countermeasures, critical subsea infrastructure protection, and persistent surveillance and maritime security. It is capable of supporting diverse operational needs such as search, identification, route clearance, infrastructure inspection, and intervention. Operating at depths of up to 500 meters, the SU10 features a 10-kilogram modular payload capacity to accommodate various sensors, inspection tools, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets.
SYOS CEO and Founder, Sam Vye, said, “The SU10 extends our portfolio undersea and strengthens SYOS as a provider of affordable interoperable uncrewed capability across land, sea, air and now subsurface.
“These are products that stand-alone as class-leaders, or operate as part of a connected, multi-domain uncrewed system – delivering operational effect from air to seabed, through our SYOS single autonomy stack, AAIMS. The SU10 enables rapid, scalable operations across both defensive and offensive mission sets. When paired with uncrewed surface vessels and uncrewed aerial systems it becomes part of a persistent offshore node that can deploy, coordinate and adapt, while keeping people out of harm’s way.”
The vehicle offers a four-hour battery endurance or can operate indefinitely when utilizing surface power. Its ultra-slim fibre-optic tether system supports live-boating and delivers precise performance in high-flow, open-sea environments. For deployment flexibility, the system can be launched and recovered from the shore, a crewed vessel, or a SYOS uncrewed surface vessel. It can be controlled locally from the launch point or operated remotely from anywhere in the world via a satellite communications surface link.
The SU10 runs on AAIMS, SYOS’s proprietary, open-architecture autonomy software stack. The platform allows operators to plan, task, and re-task multiple vehicles across different domains in real time. Rather than relying on traditional post-mission analysis, the software streams and prioritizes live data to provide in-mission understanding as operations evolve. It also features operator-centric filtering designed to reduce cognitive load by highlighting actionable insights instead of raw data, enabling faster decision-making and greater adaptability.
“We’re a business focused on building multi-domain solutions – designing vehicles and autonomy together, moving at pace through spiral development, informed by real-world feedback, to deliver advanced capability faster, and a significantly lower cost to capability ratio. That’s the SYOS difference, advancing multi domain operational capability, delivering with speed to where it matters most. ” Mr Vye said.
Earlier variants of this technology are already in active service within the New Zealand offshore oil and gas sector, where they are utilized for commercial pipeline surveys, inspections, and interventions.
Looking forward, the SU10 is scheduled to deploy in late 2026 as part of an international research partnership for long-range, under-ice mapping during planned annual Antarctic missions. SYOS is also leveraging the platform to advance anti-submarine warfare solutions, combining surface, subsurface, and aerial systems to establish persistent surveillance and tracking across wide maritime areas. By dynamically repositioning these distributed assets, forces can maintain contact, predict movements, and respond in real time to turn distributed autonomy into a continuous operational advantage.
