PERSISTENT SUB-SURFACE THREAT DETECTION
Bluebottles deliver months’ long missions providing long-range sub-surface intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to provide awareness of the undersea battle space and protect nations from undersea threats.
Bluebottles carry acoustic thin-line arrays via keel winch, providing high-fidelity acoustic detection of submarines and other undersea threats.
Bluebottles have successfully operated with a wide variety of arrays from the world’s leading array manufacturers.
Bluebottles operate in a teamed environment with other undersea and surface assets, creating an interoperable suite of capabilities.
Deadly quiet
Quiet operation provides excellent conditions for underwater acoustic surveillance
Persistent
Months of autonomous surveillance per mission
Payload flexibility
Fitted to carry active and passive thin line acoustic arrays via a patented keel winch, deployed to significant and variable depths
Mission continuity
Array is fully retractable into winch
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Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans.
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Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans.
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Bluebottles provide long‑endurance, autonomous hydrographic surveying with professional‑grade multibeam sonar and precise navigation
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Bluebottles are a communications interface, bridging the communication gap between the subsea and the sky
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Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans
Learn more
Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR)
Capability
Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans.
Learn more
Scientific Research & Maritime Industry
Capability
Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans.
Learn more
Electronic Warfare
Capability
Bluebottles provide long‑endurance, autonomous hydrographic surveying with professional‑grade multibeam sonar and precise navigation
Learn more
Hydrography & Mine Countermeasures
Capability
Bluebottles are a communications interface, bridging the communication gap between the subsea and the sky
Learn more
Gateway Communications
Capability
Bluebottles are ‘satellites of the sea’, delivering persistent, autonomous maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), keeping constant watch over our oceans
Learn more
Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR)
