Ray Systems provides the RayDrive autonomous underwater vehicle platform for persistent, low‑signature ocean monitoring. The AUV combines bio‑inspired silent propulsion, AI‑driven navigation and modular sensor bays to conduct multi‑day surveys, delivering encrypted telemetry to a cloud analytics pipeline that offers data‑as‑a‑service for infrastructure, environmental and defense applications. Customers access processed intelligence via a web dashboard and API integration.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Accessing and continuously monitoring deep or high‑risk marine environments requires expensive, crewed vessels or short‑duration sensors, leading to fragmented data, high operational costs, and limited situational awareness for critical infrastructure, environmental studies, and defense missions.
Solution
Ray Systems delivers the RayDrive autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platform, engineered for persistent, low‑signature operation in challenging oceanic conditions. The vehicle’s bio‑inspired propulsion minimizes acoustic detectability while providing efficient thrust for long‑duration missions. Integrated AI‑driven navigation and adaptive mission planning enable the AUV to execute pre‑programmed surveys or react to real‑time sensor inputs without surface intervention. A modular payload architecture supports interchangeable sonar, optical, chemical, and acoustic sensors, allowing customers to tailor data collection to specific use cases. Secure underwater‑to‑surface telemetry streams raw measurements to a cloud analytics pipeline, where data‑as‑a‑service (DaaS) tools transform observations into actionable intelligence for infrastructure health, environmental assessment, or anti‑submarine warfare (ASW) operations. Operators access mission status, processed analytics, and historical trends through a web‑based dashboard that integrates with existing command‑and‑control or asset‑management systems.
Target Audience
Primary customers are government maritime and defense agencies, as well as commercial operators in offshore energy, subsea infrastructure, and environmental consulting that require continuous underwater intelligence.
Features
- Bio‑inspired low‑acoustic‑signature propulsion system delivering silent, energy‑efficient thrust for covert ISR and ASW missions
- Autonomous navigation stack with AI‑based path planning, obstacle avoidance, and adaptive waypoint replanning for persistent coverage
- Modular sensor bays supporting interchangeable multibeam sonar, high‑resolution cameras, hydrographic, and chemical detection payloads
- Extended endurance power architecture combining high‑density lithium‑ion cells with adaptive energy‑management algorithms for multi‑day deployments
- Encrypted underwater‑to‑surface communications using acoustic modems and surface relay buoys, enabling real‑time telemetry and remote command
- Cloud‑native data pipeline offering DaaS analytics, anomaly detection, and API access for integration with GIS, EDR, or naval C2 platforms
- Rugged pressure‑rated hull and self‑diagnostic health monitoring for operation at depths exceeding 3,000 m
- Remote firmware update and diagnostics console to reduce on‑site maintenance cycles