HUGIN Edge
Kongsberg's sub-4m, 1,000m-rated autonomous underwater vehicle, designed to launch from uncrewed surface vessels.
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Mentioned in: Kongsberg gets $54m DIU AUV top-up
Autonomous Systems: Land & SeaCarried the sonar in trials
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Kongsberg trials a sonar with no hullBackground
HUGIN Edge is a medium-size autonomous underwater vehicle from Kongsberg. It carried the first at-sea trials of Kongsberg's HISAS2020 synthetic aperture sonar, reported on 31 August 2026.
Kongsberg launched it at Oceanology International in London in March 2022. The company gave a length under four metres, a weight of about 300kg and more than 24 hours of operation at depths to 1,000 metres. It is designed to operate from uncrewed surface vessels, small boats and shore.
Kongsberg Discovery said it has signed AUV contracts worth 1.7bn Norwegian kroner so far in 2026.
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