Hanwha surveillance AUV / ASWUUV programmes
Distinct Korean mine-survey and larger underwater-surveillance development programmes.
- Country / region
- South Korea
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Hanwha Systems
- Origin / production countries
- South Korea
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Underwater-surveillance AUV; ASWUUV research programme
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Official product categories are used because a stable model designation is not established. Supplier reports successful Navy evaluation but also describes future fielding.
Role & capabilities
- Mine-survey observation
- Underwater surveillance research
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Separate survey AUV and larger ASWUUV development programmes
Published baseline; configuration and mission conditions affect performance.
Source - Hull / propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Displacement / mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Operating depth
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Survey AUV: optical camera, side-scan sonar and ultrasonic imaging
Supplier-listed survey configuration; not transferred to ASWUUV.
Source - Communications / control
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source