Kongsberg alternatives

Kongsberg is profiled for Kongsberg Discovery, the business area that builds its subsea robotics: autonomous underwater vehicles and uncrewed surface vessels with subsea positioning and sensing, serving navies, offshore energy, subsea survey and ocean-science customers globally from the group headquarters in Kongsberg, Norway. Buyers comparing subsea and marine robots often weigh a broad discovery portfolio like Kongsberg's against a sensor supplier, an ROV services operator, an electric vehicle maker and a maritime robotics group. Kraken Robotics, headquartered in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and founded in 2012, supplies subsea sensors, batteries and robotic systems for uncrewed underwater vehicles in more than 30 countries. Oceaneering, headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 1964, operates a large fleet of work-class remotely operated vehicles and also provides AUV services and AGV systems, with about 12000 employees. Saab Seaeye, headquartered in Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom and founded in 1986, manufactures electric underwater robotic systems including ROVs and hybrid AUV/ROVs, with more than 1100 systems delivered to customers in 74 countries. Exail Technologies, headquartered in La Garde, France, builds uncrewed surface vessels, autonomous underwater vehicles and mine-countermeasure systems alongside inertial navigation and photonics, with more than 2200 people. Choose Kongsberg for AUVs and surface vessels with sensing, Kraken Robotics for subsea sensors and batteries, Oceaneering for ROV services, Saab Seaeye for electric underwater vehicles, and Exail Technologies for maritime robotics and navigation.

Alternatives to Kongsberg

Kraken Robotics

Kraken Robotics Inc. is a Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador marine-technology company that supplies the sensing, power and robotic systems that uncrewed underwater vehicles run on.

Oceaneering

Oceaneering International is a Houston-based technology company that operates one of the world’s largest fleets of work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and is a long-standing name in subsea robotics.

Saab Seaeye

Saab Seaeye is a Fareham, Hampshire manufacturer of electric underwater robotic systems, profiled separately from its parent: it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saab AB of Sweden and has operated in the United Kingdom since its founding in 1986, becoming part of Saab in 2007.

Exail Technologies

Exail Technologies is the French listed group behind Exail, the maritime-robotics and navigation company formed in 2022 by combining ECA Group and iXblue under a single brand.

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