Part Australian Aquabotix SwarmDiver a Micro Diving USV

The Aquabotix SwarmDiverTM is a Micro Diving USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) utilizes swarming technology to act as a single entity. SwarmDiverTM is capable of synchronous vertical diving, is easy to deploy, and has a max dive depth of 50 meters. For Defense and Ocean Research.

Published on Youtube April 11, 2018. Particularly gets interesting 52 seconds in -  describes some military applications and ease of use.

To learn more, visit: https://www.aquabotix.com/

About Aquabotix - It is “Based in Sydney, Australia & Rhode Island/Radford Army Ammunition Plant, USA... Aquabotix focuses on the design and development of micro-sized, swarming autonomous products for a range of defense applications where urgent requirements exist. We provide cutting edge, flexible use man-machine teaming solutions to counter persistent, growing, and developing security threats.”

For example:

https://www.aquabotix.com/swarmdiver-nightline.html  “The SwarmDiver NIGHTLINE system was created with special forces operations in mind. The camouflaged, low-visibility exterior and reduced-noise motors allows this vehicle to operate with stealth. Ultraviolet coating supports night-time/low-light environment recovery or lane marking”

and

https://www.aquabotix.com/swarmdiver-stealth.html  “SwarmDiver [Stealth] is designed to covertly collect information in littoral environments where waters may be monitored visually or with a range of sensor types. The low profile of SwarmDiver in the water makes visual detection of the vehicles challenging. The low infrared signature also helps ensure detection avoidance for the system.”