Exail (formerly iXblue and ECA Group) is a French high-tech company specializing in autonomous maritime robotics, navigation systems, and underwater drones. Their portfolio spans military mine countermeasures, hydrographic survey, and subsea intervention.
Transoceanic-range USV positioned as a fast, endurance-focused survey and payload platform.
Autonomous underwater vehicle for maritime applications.
Compact observation-class ROV rated to 300 meters.
Lightweight self-propelled inspection ROV.
Medium-range survey USV from Exail for supervised autonomous hydrography, ocean science, offshore work, and defense missions in shallow or deep water.
French compact deep-water survey AUV used by the French Navy for seabed operations down to 3,000 m.
Expendable mine-disposal vehicle that dives to a sea mine and destroys it with a shaped charge, used by NATO navies.
French mid-size mine-hunting AUV that maps the seabed with synthetic aperture sonar, chosen for France's future mine-warfare system.
Two-person-portable French mine-hunting AUV launched from small boats in shallow water.
French 6,000 m hovering AUV derived from Ifremer's Ulyx, ordered for the French Navy's deep-seabed operations.
Long-range 9 m version of Exail's DriX survey USV, with up to 20 days of endurance.
Exail's unsinkable 12 m mine-countermeasure USV that carries and deploys mine-hunting drones.
AUVThales has announced a binding agreement to acquire the Gorgé family’s stake in Exail Technologies with a view to launching a full tender offer. While the financial scale of the transaction establishes it as a heavyweight defense industry…
Naval News
USVExail has successfully completed sea trials validating the integration of new third-party payloads onto its DriX O-16 unmanned surface vessel (USV). Beyond the technical milestone, this demonstration highlights Exail's philosophy of design…
Ocean News & TechnologyOMS Group acquired a second DriX O-16 uncrewed surface vessel to expand long-endurance autonomous seabed survey operations supporting global subsea cable installation and monitoring.
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