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SUBSEA DEFENSE

Teledyne Marine’s Subsea Supercharger.

NautiGEN is a joint venture between Cellula Robotics and In? nity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Inc. focused on providing fuel cell power solutions for maritime autonomous systems.

Credit: Cellula Robotics Credit: Teledyne Marine gen, the system reacts a lightweight aluminum alloy with bed energy depot enabling in-situ power production for sen- water to generate hydrogen, resulting in an innovative on-de- sors, effectors, or vehicle docking systems to allow AUVs to mand energy system that shifts the endurance constraint away recharge and redeploy without surface recovery. Conceptu- from stored energy to onboard reactant capacity. ally, an SSC functions much like a forward logistics node,

Hydrogen fuel cells are no longer con? ned to underwater providing the sustained energy that allows a regional autono- vehicles; they are becoming part of the subsea infrastructure mous undersea force to remain on station. The idea is not that supports persistent autonomous operations. The Tele- entirely new. Nearly a decade ago, the U.S. Navy proposed dyne Marine Subsea Supercharger (SSC) is a fuel cell sea- the Forward-Deployed Energy and Communication Outpost 10 July/August 2026

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