Strategic Robotic Systems, Inc.
San Diego maker of the FUSION hybrid AUV/ROV with ROV, AUV and diver-control modes, used by the USMC and coast guards; a General Oceans brand.
Strategic Robotic Systems, Inc. (SRS) designs and builds the FUSION, a compact, battery-powered underwater vehicle that can work as a tethered ROV, an untethered AUV, or a diver propulsion and navigation aid. The company is in San Diego's technology corridor, at 6444 Nancy Ridge Drive. SRS says its development team has decades of vehicle-design experience and thousands of hours of field work, and that it set out to build a next-generation underwater vehicle from a fresh starting point. Since 2021 SRS has been one of the brands of General Oceans, an ocean-technology group listed in Oslo whose other brands include Nortek, Tritech, Reach Robotics and MRV Systems. SRS's quality management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 by DEKRA.
FUSION has three modes:
- ROV mode: real-time tethered control.
- AUV mode: pre-programmed, autonomous survey missions with side-scan sonar.
- Diver Control Mode (DCM): powered propulsion and precise navigation that keeps a diver on a set course. SRS's argument is that many missions otherwise need two vehicles, an AUV for wide-area search and an ROV for close inspection. FUSION can do both in a single deployment with one operator, transiting autonomously to an area and then switching to tethered work. Because the vehicle carries its own battery, the tether only carries data. Fiber tethers are 2.4-2.75 mm in diameter and come in 500 m to 2,000 m lengths. A 3 mm copper tether comes in 500 m. Both run from a battery-powered compact reel, so no generator is needed and the system can be deployed from a small boat, a ramp or a pier.
Key specifications from the 2026 datasheet:
- Depth rating: 300 m (1,000 ft).
- Size: 686 x 477 x 275 mm, weighing 27.5 kg (60 lb) in air. It fits through pipes as small as 508 mm (20 in).
- Thrusters: seven brushless DC (four vectored, two vertical, one pitch).
- Power: 914 Wh lithium-ion, UN38.3 certified. Typical endurance is 3-4+ hours, and a pair of batteries charges to 90% in about two hours.
- Camera: UHD 4K on a 135-degree tilt, with a custom 8.29-megapixel sensor.
- Lighting: two 1,500-lumen LEDs.
- Forward-looking multibeam sonar: dual-frequency, 256 beams, up to 100 m range.
- Optional side-scan sonar.
- Navigation: 1 MHz DVL, AHRS/IMU, GNSS and an optional USBL with 1 km range.
- Payload bay: modular, with standard mechanical and electrical interfaces. Grabbers and other field-installable kits are available. The sonar and video data are time-synchronised with position data, and the vehicle records pressure, temperature, vacuum and humidity. A 2026 upgrade package adds newer sensors, software and hardware to vehicles already in service. At DSEI 2025 SRS showed 4K imaging and C4I (command-and-control) integration for the platform.
SRS sells into two main sectors. In military and defense, uses include mine countermeasures, special operations forces and underwater surveillance. General Oceans states that the US Marine Corps uses FUSION for explosive ordnance disposal and other amphibious missions. In rescue and recovery, uses include coast guard operations, border control and customs, search and recovery, evidence recovery and dive support. SRS says the US Coast Guard and partner agencies use the vehicle. Sales, training and service outside the US go through a distributor network. RS Aqua, for example, distributes FUSION in the UK and Ireland.
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