BeeX

BeeX is an innovative developer and operator of autonomous underwater vehicles that are designed to transform underwater operations at scale. Ideal for inspection, survey, intelligence, and search missions, the systems are designed to overcome the cost, manpower, and scalability limitations of tethered ROVs (remotely operated vehicles).

The company provides a range of configurable models that can be provided directly and tailored to the unique mission requirements of defense customers. Commercial clients can benefit from a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, with BeeX providing the vehicles, operators, deployment equipment, and reporting infrastructure for each project.

Autonomous Underwater Systems for Defense

BeeX supplies a range of underwater drones for naval and defense missions, offering fully untethered operations across large subsea areas and allowing forces to acquire and maintain seabed dominance. Powerful autonomy capabilities enable superior situational awareness with reduced operator fatigue, allowing you to concentrate on data interpretation and the needs of the mission.

The AUVs can be deployed as coordinated multi-drone groups. A one-to-many operator-to-drone model expands coverage and removes the tether entanglement risk associated with conventional ROV operations.

Applications include:

Commercial Underwater Infrastructural Inspections

BeeX provides underwater inspection and surveys through a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, enabling customers to benefit from high-accuracy results without needing to purchase or operate a vehicle fleet.

The traditional gold-standard marine survey approach relies on manually piloted work-class ROVs, large crews, and dedicated support vessels. Compared to this, the BeeX model can reduce project costs by up to 50 percent and CO2 emissions by 95 percent, enhancing productivity and sustainability. The powerful autonomy capabilities of BeeX’s drones ensures consistent data quality and accuracy that is independent of operator skill levels or water conditions.

Commercial inspection and survey use cases include:

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Systems & Software

BeeX drones share versatile vessel-agnostic deployment capabilities across both defense and commercial operations. Options include hand launch, crane launch and recovery, and davit or lifting-bag transfer, allowing the fleet to operate from vessels of different sizes.

The AUV range features a wide range of advanced capabilities including onboard CPU and GPU computing, inertial navigation, and fiber-optic gyrocompasses. The vehicles can be equipped with a wide range of optional payloads, including:

A.IKANBILIS

Flagship autonomous underwater drone for structural and seabed inspection

A.IKANBILIS is an advanced autonomous underwater drone engineered for consistent structural and seabed inspection. Rated to 150 m, the 60–70 kg vehicle provides 1.4-knot multidirectional current endurance, 1.8-knot forward thrust and 1.6-knot lateral thrust, with two hot-swappable 500 Wh batteries.

Its integrated inertial navigation system combines a fiber-optic gyrocompass, Doppler velocity log and surface RTK positioning without requiring external calibration. A.IKANBILIS switches between autonomous, manual and untethered modes without hardware changes, supporting automated missions, station keeping and in-water retasking. Compact support equipment enables rapid mobilization and same-day deployment.

ALPHA

Lightweight autonomous underwater drone for rapid inspection deployment

ALPHA builds on the proven A.IKANBILIS architecture in a lighter 50 kg platform designed for rapid mobilization from small vessels of opportunity. Rated to 100 m, the vehicle provides 1.6-knot multidirectional current endurance, 2.2-knot forward thrust and 1.8-knot lateral thrust.

Its fully integrated positioning system requires no external calibration, enabling consistent autonomous structural and seabed inspections. ALPHA can switch between autonomous, manual and untethered operation without hardware changes, while compact support equipment and dual hot-swappable 500 Wh batteries facilitate same-day deployment in demanding commercial and defense environments.

BETTA

Long-endurance autonomous drone for underwater inspection and light intervention

BETTA is BeeX’s most powerful autonomous underwater inspection drone, engineered for extended and complex missions. The 300 kg platform is rated to 150 m and provides 2.9-knot multidirectional current endurance, 3.5-knot forward thrust and 3.4-knot lateral thrust. Its hot-swappable 12 kWh battery delivers 8–24 hours of continuous operation.

Advanced navigation autonomy and IHO-compliant survey capabilities maintain consistent data quality throughout long-duration structural and seabed missions. BETTA’s larger frame accommodates manipulator payloads, enabling light intervention, inspection and survey tasks to be completed in parallel without redeploying the vehicle.

CASPER

Configurable expendable drone for defense missions & mine countermeasures

CASPER is a fast, low-cost, expendable drone designed specifically for defense missions. Utilizing advanced anomaly detection for mine countermeasures, it can operate as part of a multi-drone swarm to increase coverage and accelerate seabed intelligence collection. The versatile system can be configured precisely in collaboration with the operator to match the required mission profile.

SAMBAL Autonomous Mission & Data Intelligence Suite

Integrated autonomy, mission control and scalable inspection intelligence

SAMBAL is an all-in-one software suite for onboard autonomy, mission planning, data analysis and cloud-based reporting across the BeeX fleet. By integrating vehicle control with structured inspection data, it enables operators to manage missions and track asset condition through a single scalable ecosystem. The suite comprises three main components:

SAMBAL OS – Delivers onboard autonomy through adaptive station keeping, autonomous target tracking, multisensor perception fusion, 3D georeferenced data and failsafe protocols for loss of communications.

SAMBAL UI – Provides a unified interface for mission planning and real-time data review, supporting path following, lawnmower searches, target encirclement and the capture of anomaly snapshots.

SAMBAL Portal – Converts inspection recordings into structured, actionable asset intelligence. Every recording is georeferenced and time-stamped, synchronizing mission data with positioning information for seamless review and rapid recall without searching through disconnected files or software platforms.

Anomalies can be flagged immediately through AI classification or operator tagging. A built-in digital ruler measures distance, depth and angle, helping users quantify asset degradation and track changes with centimetre-level precision.

Data is organized across projects, sites, assets and years to support repeated-survey comparisons and long-term condition monitoring at scale. Even under low-bandwidth conditions, the portal transfers inspection data for near-real-time review and produces consistent, ready-to-share reports in PDF, spreadsheet and presentation formats.