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The maneuverability layer for ocean intelligence
Tiburon Subsea equips autonomous underwater vehicles with precise, fully vectored movement through patented JETTE™ propulsion technology.
Faster surveys
Smaller vessels
Less fuel
Better data
THE PHYSICAL LAYER
Autonomy can only command what hardware can perform.
Sensors, autonomy and analytics have advanced quickly. Most AUV propulsion has not. Conventional vehicles remain excellent at moving forward, but struggle when the work requires them to stop, reposition, inspect closely or recover from damage.
JETTE™ changes the vehicle's physical vocabulary. It adds controlled hover, translation, pivoting, vertical ascent and descent, and reverse thrust while preserving a streamlined form.
BILATERAL ARCHITECTURE Matching control authority at both ends
JETTE™ PROPULSION
Vectored from the inside out.
Water is managed through independently controlled fore-and-aft assemblies. The result is multidirectional authority without external control planes or an exposed primary propeller.
Upgrade proven platforms while preserving core payload, navigation and battery investments.
Adapt the same propulsion architecture across vehicle classes and new-build programs.
Independent propulsion assemblies support fault tolerance and self-rescue.
Retain the efficient torpedo form that makes wide-area data collection practical.
Stop and hold a deliberate sensor pose instead of circling back for another pass.
Move laterally or vertically while maintaining heading and target orientation.
No exposed control planes or propellers means fewer damage points in littoral zones and during launch and recovery. Independent fore-and-aft thrusters preserve a self-rescue path home if either is damaged.
SURVEY TO INSPECTION
Find it. Stop. See it.
A conventional AUV typically flies past an anomaly, turns and attempts another pass. JETTE™ lets the vehicle reverse, image continuously through a target-facing arc, ascend vertically and hold level at the surface for retrieval.
Forward-speed-dependent steering turns a discovery into another survey pass.
Vectored control holds the camera on target in motion, then holds the vehicle stationary, level, and accessible for efficient small-boat recovery.
MISSION ECONOMICS
The vehicle is not the mission. The data is.
Precision mobility lets an autonomous vehicle shift from transportation to useful work at the target. That changes what can be observed, how often a site can be revisited and what it takes to collect decision-grade data.
Efficiently reach the site
Hold a deliberate position
Keep the sensor on target
Change angle without a wide turn
Return home in the event of damage to a single thruster
Hover, reframe and reacquire without repeating the full survey pass.
A path toward smaller vessels, fewer vessel days and lower fuel use.
Make repeatable subsea data collection practical for more operators.
COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
Where precision becomes value.
JETTE™ is designed to improve the physical performance of the vehicles already collecting the world's underwater data, while creating a cleaner foundation for the platforms that come next.
OFFSHORE ENERGY
Repeatable inspection around wind foundations, inter-array cables and offshore production assets.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Controlled, close-proximity survey around subsea cables, pipelines, landing zones and ports.
OCEAN SCIENCE
Stable observation for hydrography, habitat monitoring, climate research and deep-ocean discovery.
COASTAL RESILIENCE
Accessible, repeatable data for coastal engineering, disaster response, fisheries and resource management.
The same precision, resilience and close-proximity control also support maritime security, critical infrastructure protection and seabed awareness.
Visit Tiburon DefensePATHWAYS TO THE WATER
Meet the market where it is.
UPGRADE
Add JETTE™ mobility through a modular upgrade path that preserves existing platform investments.
INTEGRATE
Give next-generation vehicles a clean, scalable propulsion and control architecture from the start.
EXPAND
Move beyond straight-line survey into persistent, close-proximity and precision work.
TIBURON SUBSEA
Built by operators.
Tiburon brings together ocean explorers, vehicle engineers and commercial operators to solve the mobility constraint at the center of underwater autonomy.
Founder & CEO
30+ years in AUV and ROV operationsCTO & Chief Engineer
30+ years engineering marine systemsCOO
Operator focused on commercial scaleAdvised by leaders across ocean science, maritime systems and technology, including Dr. Sylvia Earle, Jerry Sgobbo and Julian Tempelsman.
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The next frontier
Why AUV performance is the missing layer in the autonomous underwater revolution.
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