ISE Explorer
A modular Canadian survey AUV family with delivered scientific and commercial vehicles and defence-funded docking development.
- Country / region
- Canada
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- International Submarine Engineering
- Origin / production countries
- Canada
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Ifremer — historical delivered vehicles; Japan Coast Guard — historical customer
Evidence & current status
Public reference specifications do not establish every customer's delivered configuration.
Role & capabilities
- Hydrographic survey
- Environmental sensing
- Autonomous-docking research
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Hull / propulsion
- Lithium-ion energy; 18–48 kWh published configurations
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Dimensions
- 4.5–7.5 m long; 0.74 m diameter
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Displacement / mass
- 620–1,700 kg
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- 24–115 hours
Dependent on battery banks and active survey payloads.
Source - Range
- 160–600 km between charges
Dependent on battery banks and active survey payloads.
Source - Speed
- Survey speed 0.75–2.5 m/s
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Operating depth
- 3,000 m or 6,000 m listed variants
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Sensors
- Configurable acoustic, optical and environmental survey instruments
Supplier baseline; installed equipment and operating conditions affect performance.
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