ACUA Ocean Pioneer USV demonstrates Long-Endurance Surveillance

ACUA Ocean, a company that develops uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) for ocean monitoring and data collection, has its Mk1 USV PIONEER complete a five-day remotely operated offshore demonstration, validating the concept of long-endurance, multi-domain maritime operations.

On 22 June 2026, PIONEER departed Turnchapel Wharf and operated continuously for more than 100 hours at sea without physical intervention. The demonstration combined two mission systems operating simultaneously:

🔹 A CommsAudit SPECTRA Super Resolution Direction Finding (SRDF) surveillance system with antenna and receivers installed aboard PIONEER.
🔹 An advanced Multi-Beam Echo Sounder (MBES) undertaking hydrographic survey operations.

Both systems were integrated, tested, and commissioned within two days, highlighting the versatility of the PIONEER platform.

To demonstrate combined land/sea operations, the RF surveillance capability was supplemented by a land-based Electronic Warfare system, Guardian Vantage, provided by Leonardo and deployed on England’s south coast.

📃📷 Source : ACUA Ocean