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Subsea Vehicles $15,000 there was signi? cant market in- terest.

By 2019 the success of this product was noted by BAE Systems. The BAE

Systems FAST Labs organization ac- quired Riptide and is now maturing the platform technology and scaling manu- facturing. FAST Labs is the R&D arm of BAE Systems, Inc. and is unique in the defense industry as an in-house, cus- tomer-funded R&D business designed to collaborate across the company’s global enterprise to develop and transi- tion advanced technologies. The micro

AUV originally launched by Riptide is bene? tting from this process.

Another small AUV that has recently come on scene is the RangerBot. This vehicle takes a different approach to de-

RangerBot over a reef.

Photo Credits: Matthew Dunbabin

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