Saab licenses MBARI LRAUV for U.S. production and sale
Saab entered a commercial licensing agreement with MBARI to domestically produce and offer the Tethys Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in U.S. oceanographic, commercial and defense markets.
Evidence notes
- MBARI had accumulated more than 40,000 operational at-sea hours across its LRAUV fleet before the agreement.
- The platform supports modular scientific and defense payloads, shore launch, over-the-horizon control and an optional 1,500 m depth rating.
Company context
Saab is a Swedish defence and aerospace company spanning air, land, sea, and electronic-warfare systems, with growing relevance to counter-UAS, radar, autonomy, and modular mission architectures. Its clearest robotics-adjacent relevance is in defence autonomy, sensing, and counter-drone systems integrated into operational military platforms.