Sonsub, the underwater technology arm of Saipem, has conceived, developed, industrialized and it currently operates a novel fleet of underwater inspection and intervention drones, the Hydrone Platform.

On the basis of the industry world records of Hydrone-R, operational on a long-term contract offshore Norway, and Flatfish, which has demonstrated its capability to safely operate from very shallow to deepwaters, Sonsub has designed an innovative Unmanned Underwater Vehicle for mine countermeasures, taking the best of the offshore commercial/energy into the defence domain.

The Hydrone-D MCM is the result of the last 4 years of engineering development, based on almost 10 years of Hydrone Platform engineering, testing and operations, ready to support the Italian Navy in the most ambitious plans.