Exail

Exail is a leading high-tech industrial group specializing in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace, and photonics technologies. Exail delivers unrivaled performance, reliability, and safety to its civil and defense clients operating in severe environments.

From the deep sea to outer space, Exail expands its capabilities with a full range of robust in-house manufactured components, products, and systems.

Employing a workforce of 2000+ people worldwide, the company benefits from a global footprint and conducts its business in over 80 countries. Exail products are ideal for a wide range of unmanned systems used in geoscientific, maritime, defense, and oil and gas applications, including Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), and Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs).

Exail was formed by ECA Group and iXblue joining forces in 2022. It is a subsidiary of Exail Technologies.

Inertial Sensors

Engineered for geoscience, civil, and naval applications, Exail offers a wide range of high-precision inertial sensors for unmanned systems across all domains, including surface and subsea vessels of all sizes.

Inertial Navigation Systems (INS)

Hydrins & Phins

Hydrins and Phins provide high-accuracy navigation, motion, and positioning data for surface vessels, offshore engineering, and hydrographic survey operations, with support for external aiding sensors. They are designed for demanding maritime applications including dynamic positioning, platform stabilization, and survey-grade navigation in long-term GNSS-challenged conditions.

Phins Compact Series

The Phins Compact series provides INS solutions for small and medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), combining compact form factors with survey-grade navigation performance. These systems are intended for subsea platform integration where size, weight, and power constraints must be balanced against positioning accuracy.

Rovins Series & Phins Subsea

Rovins and Phins Subsea deliver high-accuracy inertial navigation for ROV and AUV operations, supporting deep-water deployment and dynamic subsea positioning. The range is designed for demanding subsea missions requiring reliable performance, DVL-aided navigation, and operation at depths of up to 6000 meters.

Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS)

Octans Series & Quadrans

The Octans series and Quadrans AHRS deliver FOG-based heading, roll, and pitch data for surface and subsea platforms requiring reliable stabilization and navigation input. They are deployed across offshore vessels, naval platforms, and subsea systems where consistent attitude reference and gyrocompass capability are required for safe and accurate operations.

Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)

UmiX Series

The UmiX series consists of compact, high-performance IMUs for stabilization, navigation, and pointing applications across airborne, land, and maritime platforms. The systems are designed for integration into payloads and control systems where precise motion sensing, low drift, and high bandwidth are required.

Autonomous & Unmanned Systems

Exail’s autonomous and unmanned systems portfolio spans integrated inspection, surveillance, and mine countermeasures (MCM) solutions for subsea, surface, and land operations. The range supports survey, intervention, disposal, and remote mission execution across offshore and naval environments.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)

A9-M & A-18M AUV

The A9-M and A18-M are advanced AUVs designed for MCM, ISR, seabed warfare, and environmental assessment missions. They provide autonomous operation with flexible payload integration and can be deployed from ships, shore, or USVs with dedicated launch and recovery systems.

A6K Deep-Sea AUV

The A6K is an ultra-deep AUV designed for survey and inspection missions at depths of up to 6000 meters. With hovering capability, long endurance, and a large payload section, it supports deep-sea survey, subsea inspection, and search operations.

Its payload capacity accommodates a wide range of sensors including SAS, MBES, cameras, sub-bottom profilers, environmental sensors, and magnetometers. Advanced autonomy allows the vehicle to adapt its mission in real time, conducting close-range inspection before resuming wider survey tasks.

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV)

R7 Compact ROV

The R7 ROV is a compact and versatile platform that combines portability with the performance and payload capacity of observation-class systems. Its modular architecture supports integration of sonar, acoustic, and electro-optic payloads, as well as manipulator arms for intervention and recovery tasks.

Designed for rapid deployment and ease of use, the system supports inspection, intervention, maritime security, and offshore operations in complex underwater environments.

FlipiX ROTV

The FlipiX ROTV is a towed remotely operated platform designed to carry sensors close to the seabed while maintaining controlled altitude and attitude. It supports bathymetric, geophysical, and UXO survey operations with stable data acquisition in dynamic marine conditions.

Its deployment from USVs or light vessels reduces operational footprint while improving measurement quality and survey efficiency.

Seascan ROV

Seascan is a lightweight ROV designed for subsea inspection and identification, offering stable hovering and high-resolution imaging capabilities. It is equipped with video cameras and sonar for target reacquisition and detailed inspection in demanding environments.

Battery-powered operation and fiber-optic communication enable flexible deployment without the constraints of traditional umbilical systems, supporting missions up to 300 meters depth.

K-Ster C ROV

The K-Ster C is an expendable mine disposal vehicle designed for stand-off neutralization of underwater mines. It features a tilting head with a shaped charge and a propulsion system optimized for stability and maneuverability in strong currents.

The system can be deployed from vessels, USVs, or shore-based control stations, and integrates automated piloting and safety features to support controlled and reliable mine disposal operations.

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV)

DriX Series

Exail provides the DriX series of USVs for hydrographic survey, subsea operations, and maritime data acquisition. Designed for remotely supervised and autonomous operations, the platforms support efficient mission execution with reduced crew requirements and extended operational endurance.

The range includes medium, long-range, and transoceanic USVs, with modular payload integration and the ability to support subsea assets such as ROTVs, ROVs, and AUVs. These systems are suited to applications including seabed mapping, offshore inspection, and multi-vehicle operations where persistent and reliable surface support is required.

Inspector Series

The Inspector range provides unmanned surface platforms for MCM missions, supporting detection, classification, and neutralization operations while maintaining safe stand-off distances.

Designed for naval and defense applications, these USVs act as deployment and coordination platforms for subsea assets, enabling safer surveillance and maritime security operations.

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

Chameleon & Iguana UGV

Exail’s UGV range includes the Cameleon LG, Cameleon MK3, and Iguana, designed for EOD, CBRN, intelligence, and specialist intervention missions. These systems combine remote operation, manipulator arms, and modular tool integration to enable safe handling of hazardous tasks.

Cameleon LG is optimized for rapid deployment, while Cameleon MK3 offers increased reach and multi-mission capability. Iguana provides enhanced obstacle clearance and maneuverability for operations in confined or complex environments.

Acoustic Positioning Technology

Exail’s acoustic positioning technology portfolio includes Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL), Long Baseline (LBL), and acoustic release systems designed for precise subsea tracking, communication, and recovery operations across offshore, scientific, and naval environments. These systems support a wide range of missions including hydrographic survey, infrastructure inspection, and subsea asset tracking.

Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) Systems

The Gaps series provides high-accuracy USBL acoustic positioning and communication for subsea operations, supporting ROV, AUV, and diver tracking from shallow waters to depths of up to 7000 meters.

The range features integrated FOG-based and MEMS motion sensing, delivering stable and reliable positioning performance in dynamic marine conditions. Its 200° acoustic aperture and true horizontal tracking capability enables simultaneous tracking of multiple subsea assets.

Long Baseline (LBL) Solutions

Exail’s LBL solution combines Ramses transceivers and Canopus transponders to deliver precise subsea positioning and communication for operations down to 4000 meters.

The system supports sparse-LBL configurations, reducing the number of seabed transponders required while maintaining high positioning accuracy through tight coupling with inertial navigation systems.

The LBL system supports subsea infrastructure positioning and AUV navigation in GNSS-denied environments. Its centimetric accuracy and robust acoustic communication links make it suitable for metrology and long-duration subsea operations requiring reliable positioning and data exchange.

Acoustic Releases

The Oceano series provides acoustic release systems for deployment and recovery of subsea equipment across coastal, offshore, and ultra-deep environments. Designed for long-duration operations, the systems offer high reliability through corrosion-resistant materials and robust mechanical release mechanisms.

These systems support deployment and recovery of sensors, moorings, and subsea payloads used in surveillance and environmental monitoring missions.

Subsea Imagery Solutions

Exail’s subsea imagery solutions portfolio includes Synthetic Aperture Sonars (SAS), Forward Looking Sonars (FLS), research multibeam systems, sub-bottom profilers, and towed sonar platforms for survey, inspection, detection, and mapping operations.

The range supports offshore, scientific, hydrographic, and naval missions requiring high-quality seabed imagery, water column awareness, and georeferenced data products.

Sams Synthetic Aperture & Mapping Sonars

Exail’s Sams SAS are designed to deliver high-resolution, real-time georeferenced seabed imagery in demanding subsea conditions. By combining acoustic imagery, inertial navigation, acoustic positioning, and real-time SAS processing, the system improves swath, coverage rate, image quality, and absolute pixel positioning accuracy compared with traditional side-scan sonar approaches.

With a 500 m swath and versions with depth ratings to 1000 m or 6000 m, Sams supports cable route surveys, site surveys, and other demanding mapping tasks where high resolution and broad swath coverage are required.

SeapiX-FLS Series

The SeapiX-FLS 5 and SeapiX-FLS 7 are scalable 3D multibeam forward looking sonars designed for obstacle avoidance, real-time seabed mapping, and rapid environmental assessment. With integrated IMU capability and wide volumetric coverage from the surface to the seabed, the systems provide precisely georeferenced situational awareness for crewed and uncrewed platforms.

The range is particularly suited to naval operations, including mine and obstacle avoidance, navigation safety, and real-time object analysis in contested or cluttered environments.

SeapiX-R 3D Multibeam Echosounder

SeapiX-R is a 3D multibeam echosounder developed for biomass monitoring and fishery research, combining wide volumetric coverage with high-quality water column and seabed imaging. Its 120° × 120° aperture, in-situ calibration capability, and real-time processing support efficient biomass assessment, ecological studies, and long-term marine monitoring.

The system can be deployed from research vessels, USVs, and fixed structures such as buoys and offshore installations, making it suitable for a broad range of scientific and environmental monitoring campaigns.

Echoes Series Sub-Bottom Profilers

The Echoes series comprises CHIRP-based sub-bottom profilers developed for high-resolution imaging of sediment layers from shallow water to deep ocean environments.

Designed for deployment on autonomous and manned platforms, the range supports geological interpretation, buried object detection, sediment analysis, and seismic reflection profiling with strong continuity and resolution.

T18-M Towed Sonar

The T18-M is a towed SAS designed for advanced underwater detection, classification, and mapping operations. Derived from the A18-M AUV and equipped with interferometric SAS capability, it provides real-time detection and mapping of seabed landscapes and mines, with efficient deployment from platforms including the Inspector 125 USV.

Software & Control Systems

Exail’s software and control systems portfolio covers post-processing, subsea positioning, and geophysical survey workflows. These solutions are designed to improve data quality, streamline operations, and provide reliable decision support across airborne, land, subsea, and hydrographic applications.

Delph INS

Delph INS is a post-processing and batch productivity software package for Exail navigation solutions used in airborne, land, and hydrographic applications. Combining Exail inertial processing with GNSS post-processing, it enables fast and precise trajectory computation with advanced data management, visualization, calibration, and QA/QC reporting tools.

Delph INS Subsea

Delph INS Subsea is a post-processing and batch productivity software package for Exail subsea navigation systems. It supports real-time monitoring and post-mission enhancement of navigation data, with tools for INS/DVL calibration, forward and backward processing, QA/QC reporting, and post-survey editing of aiding sensors. The software is designed for ROV, AUV, and towfish operations, and supports integration of external sensor data including USBL, LBL, GPS, DVL, and pressure sensors.

Delph Subsea Positioning

Delph Subsea Positioning is an integrated software package for planning, operating, simulating, and post-processing Exail subsea positioning systems. It supports the full subsea positioning workflow through dedicated modules for LBL array planning, operations, and post-processing, helping operators simplify complex positioning tasks and reduce vessel time. The software is compatible with Ramses transceivers, Canopus transponders, and Gaps USBL systems.

Delph Geo Geophysical Software Suite

Delph Geo is Exail’s geophysical software suite for data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and 3D mapping across seismic, sonar, SAS, and magnetometer workflows. It is designed to support efficient survey execution and multi-sensor interpretation, with modules supporting a wide range of offshore applications including pipeline inspection, cable routing, hydrographic survey, habitat mapping, and geotechnical investigation.