SubUAS, LLC Announces Successful Demonstration of Multi-Purpose Air/Water Drone – the Naviator

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. - June 3, 2021 - PRLog -- SubUAS, LLC is excited to announce another successful demonstration of their multi-purpose air/water drone – the Naviator. The Naviator represents the first unmanned vehicle platform capable of operating both in air, surface and underwater and that can transition back and forth between these mediums seamlessly.

In March 2021, a Demonstration Field Study was conducted to demonstrate the Naviator system in an operationally relevant environment for the Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center. For this Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract, the Army was seeking sensor technologies that quickly and precisely identify / geographically locate small objects in riverine environments, using a variety of sensor technologies for above and below water detection. In this demonstration, object detection was demonstrated by a tethered persistent Naviator using both a RGB/IR camera and a Doppler radar for 24/7 surveillance. Additionally, a mobile Naviator was demonstrated going into the water to collect acoustic sonar data on the water for objects in real-time and then flying out of the water to return to the base station. Supporting partners for the demonstration included Blue Vigil's RS1000 power tether, Tyto Athene's ACUITY Micro Data Center, Teledyne's BlueView acoustic sonar and Fortem's TrueView R20 radar.

About the Naviator by SubUAS

SubUAS is a preeminent designer and developer of autonomous drone solutions for operations in both aerial and maritime domains. We are the inventors and manufacturers of the Naviator a proven, first of its kind unmanned vehicle platform capable of operating in the air as well as on the water's surface and underwater. Our proprietary motors and dual-plane propulsion, patented solution for seamless multi-domain transition, and ability to manufacture our payload agnostic systems almost entirely from US sourced parts distinguish us from other competitors in the unmanned systems industry. Furthermore, we are currently making strides with a proprietary electronics potting compound that supports operation of our systems at depth. To learn more, please visit www.thenaviator.com.

About SubUAS, LLC:

Rutgers Professor F. Javier Diez and Dr. Marco Maia created the Naviator concept in 2012. After being founded in 2016, SubUAS has been producing a broad variety of Naviator platforms. Our company is developing this technology for both commercial and military applications, speeding toward further innovation and addressing the needs of our customers in a practical and efficient manner.

ACUITY® by Tyto Athene

Tyto Athene's ACUITY Micro Data Center was developed to deliver mission-critical edge processing, analytics and unified communications in a turn-key solution that only weighs 30 pounds.  ACUITY is built from the ground up for specific needs and is immediately available for users. To learn more, please visit www.gotyto.com/acuity.