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Launched in December 2024, USV PIONEER is a 47 ft., 25-ton unmanned surface vessel featuring advanced au- tonomous navigation, remote command capabilities, and a modular design tailored to a variety of offshore operations, including environmental monitoring, maritime domain awareness, and offshore infrastructure inspection.

The USV PIONEER platform can support the deploy- ment of modular sensors and system payloads of up to 6.5 tons from a 20ft ISO footprint in the moonpool. The unique

SWATH vessel design differentiates the Pioneer USV from competitors by delivering the stable platform necessary for robotic offshore over-the-horizon operations.

Wave tank testing and digital simulations conducted by the

ACUA Ocean www.ocean.tech University of Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute show the USV PIONEER outperforming the stability of a

Founded in 2021, ACUA Ocean is a UK-based scaleup de- 40-meter monohull vessel, meeting the increasing need of signing and developing unmanned surface vessels (USVs) end-users for high-quality data and increased reliability in for ocean monitoring and data collection. ACUA’s autono- open ocean conditions.

mous systems deliver enhanced full ocean capabilities for

In August 2025, Lloyd’s Register (LR) issued the UK’s the launch and recovery of sensor and system payloads.