Role & capabilities
- Mine-countermeasure payload support
- Hydrographic survey
- Maritime surveillance
- Primary domain
- Sea surface
- System type
- Uncrewed surface vessel
- Developer / manufacturer
- Exail
- Origin / production countries
- France
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Procurement, trials and service are distinguished; family figures are not transferable between variants.
Inspector 90 is Exail's smaller uncrewed surface carrier. Its aluminium hull and waterjet propulsion distinguish it from the larger composite Inspector 125. The design supports autonomous, remote and onboard steering, making the exact operating arrangement a customer and mission choice rather than an inherent claim that the boat never carries personnel.
Exail describes an open payload approach for inspection robots, survey sensors and other maritime equipment. A surface carrier can support underwater vehicles and act as a communications link, but its endurance and speed are separate from the performance of whatever payload it deploys. The figures below come from Exail's current family comparison and remain supplier baselines.
The reviewed material establishes the product and its intended roles, without a complete current operator-and-acceptance record for the 90. Belgian and Dutch Inspector 125 programme evidence is therefore not assigned to this smaller craft. The separate profile makes that distinction visible and provides a place to add future configuration sheets, named deliveries and revised performance evidence as the product develops.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Hull / propulsion | Marine-grade aluminium hull; waterjet propulsion | Hull material is listed in the linked family comparison; propulsion in the product page. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | 9.20 × 2.91 m including fenders | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. 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 | Up to 24 hours | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Up to 20 knots | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Sea state / environment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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 ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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