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Home» News»Kongsberg secures several major contracts for HUGIN AUVs
Kongsberg secures several major contracts for HUGIN AUVs
HUGIN AUVs can be optimized for a range of subsea industries (Kongsberg picture)

Kongsberg secures several major contracts for HUGIN AUVs

Following a recent uptick in orders, Kongsberg Maritime’s Sensor and Robotics division has announced that it has secured over NOK 450M (~$44 million) in contracts for HUGIN AUV in Q2 2022.

Naval News Staff 13 Jul 2022

Kongsberg press release

The order income consists of a healthy mix of recurring business with existing customers and new customers that will utilize the HUGIN platform in their operations.

The use of AUVs is a vital piece in the technology puzzle that must be solved to enable sustainable oceans. The vehicles can operate autonomously over a long period of time and collect environmental data, performing multiple survey operations for multiple applications in a cost-effective way compared with conventional surveys.

Since the first dive of the iconic HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) prototype on 7 March 1993, Kongsberg Maritime has been spearheading the development of the sector, and with the latest release of HUGIN Edge, Kongsberg Maritime offers complementary AUV solutions for the rising AUV Market.

Kongsberg secures several major contracts for HUGIN AUVs
Kongsberg image

“These latest contracts are a true acknowledgement of a team effort over many years, and it shows that Kongsberg Maritime offers the right technology and solutions for the growing AUV market. We see that customers put AUVs into operation in many applications, and we believe that Autonomous Underwater Vehicles will be used in even more applications in the future.”


Stene Førsund, SVP Kongsberg Maritime

The HUGIN range of autonomous underwater vehicles is characterized by great maneuverability and high accuracy of stabilization. Hydrodynamic shape, accurate instruments, and excellent battery capacity mean these AUVs can be optimized for a variety of industries from oil & gas and renewables to defense and research.

“Our expansion to a wider portfolio of HUGIN AUV models has been well received by the market. In addition to the underlying and increasing demand for marine robots we are now also addressing new applications and by this increasing the addressable market with our wider portfolio. Our robotic solutions are more sustainable, safe, and cost-effective than traditional methods within the ocean space domain.”


Thomas Nygaard, SVP Marine Robotics, Kongsberg Maritime.

Over time, the range of HUGIN AUVs has evolved to go deeper, longer and carry a larger payload of sensitive data-collecting sensors which has made HUGIN the most successful commercial off-the-shelf autonomous underwater vehicle ever made.

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