Research Missions

Open AUV architecture for ocean science and field experimentation.

DarkWake gives universities and research groups a modular vehicle platform for fast payload integration, repeatable missions, and objective-focused software workflows.

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Recommended Configurations

Build from the same DarkWake frame and mission-kit architecture.

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BYOP Research Configuration

For universities and research groups bringing their own payloads onto DarkWake.

Bring Your Own Payload

Payload API

Research Data Kit

Environmental Sensing Configuration

For water quality, sound-speed, habitat, and climate-oriented data collection.

Environmental Sensing Kit

Advanced Navigation Kit

Mission Data Kit

Survey and Mapping Configuration

For repeatable transects, seafloor mapping, and sensor validation missions.

Advanced Navigation Kit

Sonar Imaging Kit

Survey Data Kit

Mission Areas

Field-configurable payloads for changing undersea work.

University Payloads

Bring research sensors, instruments, and compute modules onto a fieldable AUV without redesigning the vehicle.

Oceanographic Surveys

Collect repeatable water-column, seafloor, and environmental data across changing mission profiles.

Climate and Habitat Studies

Support long-duration monitoring for coastal, fisheries, habitat, and climate research programs.

Prototype Validation

Use DarkWake as a deployable testbed for new sensing, autonomy, and data-processing workflows.

Mission Data Access

Pull telemetry, payload data, and mission records into research pipelines for analysis and publication.

Field Experiments

Move from lab integration to open-water trials with swappable kits and documented interfaces.

DarkWake Advantage

Open, modular design for research programs.

BYOP

Bring Your Own Payload lets universities and research groups add sensors quickly.

Software API

Documented interfaces expose vehicle state, commands, and mission data so teams can focus on the objective.

Open design

Modular hardware and software keep research programs adaptable as instruments and questions change.