The threat is on the surface
Most damage to subsea cables and pipelines starts with a vessel on the surface: a ship that loiters, drops anchor, or switches off its AIS above the asset. Satellites and AIS give intermittent, wide-area coverage, and crewed patrols cannot watch a route around the clock. A Scout USV provides continuous on-the-water presence over the exact route that matters, at a price that lets you field several.
Built for route protection
- Loitering and anchoring detection - flag vessels behaving suspiciously over the asset
- Dark vessel detection - optical, acoustic and AIS/VHF/RF to surface vessels that have gone dark
- Acoustic monitoring with Hydrotwin AI classification of vessels and activity
- Near-real-time alerts into your existing command and control via Tether
For the North Sea, Baltic and beyond
Recent incidents to cables and pipelines in the North Sea and Baltic have made continuous, low-cost monitoring of critical national infrastructure a priority for operators and navies alike. Scout operates in sea state 6 and survives sea state 8+, with a self-righting hull and AIS collision avoidance, so it keeps watch through conditions that ground crewed assets. This is asset and route protection, distinct from wider maritime domain awareness. Operate it yourself or take coverage as data-as-a-service.