Bluefin-9
Portable electric AUV combining seabed sonar, imaging and environmental data collection.
- Country / region
- United States
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Named configuration; see the evidence and specification notes
- Operators / programme customers
- Not established in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
Supplier specification, without a verified military customer list in the reviewed material. Brochure length conversion differs from the web page; the web baseline is identified.
Role & capabilities
- Seabed imaging
- Bathymetric survey
- Environmental measurement
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Portable untethered survey AUV
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Hull / propulsion
- Electric gimballed ducted thruster; rechargeable battery
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Length 2.418 m; cross-section 23.8 × 26.4 cm
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Displacement / mass
- 70 kg
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- 8 hours at 3 kt
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Up to 6 kt sustained transit
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Operating depth
- 200 m
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Multi-aperture side-scan sonar, camera and environmental sensors
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Acoustic, Wi-Fi, Iridium and wired shore connections
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Two-person handling arrangement
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
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