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Gavia AUV
Teledyne Marine
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Gavia AUV
Teledyne MarineThe Gavia AUV is a modular, man-portable autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Teledyne Gavia (founded Iceland 1999, acquired by Teledyne Technologies 2010). It is a 200 mm diameter torpedo-form vehicle rated to 500 m or 1000 m depth, configurable from 1.8–4.5 m in length and 50–130 kg, with up to 3 Li-ion battery modules providing 5–8 hours endurance at 3 knots. The system is deployed across military (18 navies including Swedish FMV), commercial, and scientific applications for MCM, SAR, ASW training, geophysical surveys, and subsea inspections. All available evidence — vendor and third-party commerce/news sources — consistently describes the Gavia as a self-contained autonomous platform that executes survey missions without a human performing or driving the task; no independent evidence contradicts this characterization, though no independent teardown or community user reports are present in the supplied facts.
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Specification
- weight_in_air
- 50–130 kg (configuration dependent)
- max_speed
- >5.5 knots
- battery
- 1.5 kW Li-ion per module; up to 3 modules; ~1200 Wh total energy content; recharge time ~8 hours from empty; battery swap supported
- payload_sensors_standard
- Obstacle avoidance sonar, acoustic modem, Iridium, pressure sensor
- payload_sensors_optional
- Dual-frequency side-scan sonar, swath bathymetry, sub-bottom profiler, CTD, camera, magnetometer, advanced multibeam echosounders, and others
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Evidence-graded claims from the Teledyne Marine deep report
Teledyne Slocum Glider can be autonomously deployed from a U.S. Navy helicopter and complete its mission without human task-level intervention.
The May 2023 helicopter deployment is documented only in an official Teledyne press release [8/9]; no independent third-party operational report or Navy after-action review confirms autonomous task completion.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Teledyne Marine AUVs (Gavia, Slocum Glider) execute underwater survey and monitoring missions autonomously — without a human driving or performing the task during execution.
Autonomous survey execution is consistent with AUV industry norms and described across official sources [1,5,6], but all supporting evidence is vendor-sourced; no independent user report, third-party operational review, or regulator certification is present in the dossier.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Teledyne FLIR Defense received an order for 127 Rogue 1 drones from the U.S. Marines for testing and evaluation.
The order is cited in a Reddit community post [12] referencing a news report, providing only indirect sourcing; no primary government contract record or independent news article is directly cited in the dossier to confirm the figure or scope.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Teledyne Marine signed an MOU with UK-based M Subs to integrate Slocum Gliders and Osprey-class AUVs with Zero USV systems, with demonstrations planned for Q1–Q2 2026 in the UK and Iceland.
The MOU is confirmed by an official Teledyne press release [7] with high internal confidence (0.97), but it is a vendor announcement of intent — no independent reporting, completed demonstration results, or M Subs confirmation from a neutral source is present in the dossier.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Teledyne Marine is expanding its Iceland manufacturing facility specifically to boost AUV production output and strengthen UK supplier collaboration.
The Iceland expansion is reported on Teledyne's own news page [9] with moderate confidence (0.88); no independent trade publication, government permit filing, or third-party confirmation of the expansion's scope or timeline is cited in the dossier.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Teledyne PDS software provides a single-workflow platform for real-time data collection, processing, and visualization for marine survey operations.
Capabilities are described on the official Teledyne PDS product page [3] with high internal confidence (0.90), but a hydrographic surveyor AMA on Reddit [15] — the only plausible independent user voice in the dossier — does not specifically validate or critique PDS's real-time workflow claims.
from Teledyne Marine deep report →Approximately 78% of Teledyne's U.S. Government contracts were fixed-price in 2024, indicating mature, deliverable-based relationships rather than exploratory R&D agreements.
The 78% fixed-price figure comes from the 2024 Teledyne Technologies Annual Report [5], a company-authored document; while annual reports are audited financial disclosures, the specific contract-mix characterization has not been independently corroborated by a government contracting database or third-party analyst in the dossier.
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