SYOS introduces today the SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) to extend and strengthen its multi-domain autonomous uncrewed portfolio across air, land, sea to subsurface.
The SU10 is designed for mine countermeasures (MCM), critical subsea infrastructure protection and persistent surveillance and maritime security. It can support diverse missions such as search, identification and route clearance, infrastructure inspection and intervention.
Combined with other SYOS uncrewed vehicles, the SU10 can deliver integrated and scalable multi-domain operations in contested environments, executing complex missions.
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 SU10 delivers four-hour battery endurance or can operate indefinitely with surface power. The ultra-slim fibre-optic-enabled system delivers precise performance, supporting persistent operations in high-flow, open-sea environments. It can be launched, operated, and recovered from anywhere in the world through a satellite communications link via a surface link.
The SU10 runs on AAIMS, SYOS’s proprietary autonomy software stack. Built on an open architecture, it enables operators to plan, task, and re-task multiple vehicles across domains in real time —getting vehicles to the right places, quickly, at scale.
Live data is streamed and prioritised as the mission evolves, replacing post-mission analysis with in-mission understanding, while operator-centric filtering reduces cognitive load by highlighting actionable insights rather than raw data — enabling faster decisions and greater mission 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.
The SU10 will be deployed in late 2026 across planned annual Antarctic missions for long-range, under-ice mapping as part of an international research partnership.
SYOS continues to advance solutions to anti-submarine warfare, combining surface, subsurface and aerial systems to deliver persistent surveillance and extend tracking across wide maritime areas. Distributed platforms increase sensing density, improving detection and classification, while sustained presence constrains adversary manoeuvre and reinforces deterrence.
By dynamically repositioning assets, forces can maintain contact, predict movement and respond in real time — turning distributed autonomy into continuous operational advantage.
SU10 Key Information
- Operating depth: 500m
- Payload: 10kg, modular — inspection, intervention, sensors / ISR
- Endurance: 4 hours on battery / indefinite with surface power
- Tether: ultra-slim fibre-optic, supports live-boating.
- Deployment: shore, crewed vessel, or SYOS uncrewed surface vessel via launch and recovery system
- Control: Operated remotely, via SAT-COM from anywhere in the world, or locally from the launch point
- Mission applications: mine countermeasures, seabed assurance, subsea infrastructure protection, persistent surveillance, harbour security, anti-submarine warfare contribution, coordinated uncrewed operations
- Operational history: earlier variants in service in New Zealand offshore oil and gas, commercial pipeline survey, inspection and intervention
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