C2 Robotics

Standing in front C2 Robotics’ Speartooth LUUV at Jervis Bay (from left to right): Commodore Michael Turner, RAN, Director General Maritime Integrated Capabilities branch; Michael Parker, C2 Robotics; Gavin Henry, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Jarrod O’Kane, C2 Robotics; Tim Cain, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Adam Waldie, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Captain Andrew Stevens, RAN, Director … Read more

C2 Robotics’ Director of Strategy, Dr Marcus Hellyer, participates in a Hudson Institute podcast discussing how AUKUS Pillar 2 technologies such as Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessels can contribute to deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. AUKUS Pillar Two, which focuses on new technologies such as uncrewed systems, electromagnetic warfare, quantum computing, and hypersonic weapons, offers a path … Read more

C2 Robotics’ founder and Chief Technology Officer makes a guest appearance on Strategic Analysis Australia’s Grumpy Strategists podcast. In conversation with SAA’s Michael Shoebridge, Tom explains how 25 years of hard work & research has given us the ‘overnight breakthrough’ that is the Speartooth long range undersea unmanned vehicle. It can be made in thousands & … Read more

11 February 2024 MEDIA RELEASE C2 Robotics’ Speartooth LUUV Moving Towards Real-World Operations C2 Robotics’ Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel (LUUV) continues to push the boundaries of real-world performance for autonomous underwater systems and is now conducting more challenging trials. C2 Robotics’ Chief Technology Officer Dr Tom Loveard said, ‘Based on last year’s successes and … Read more

6 November 2023 Media Release C2 Robotics Speartooth LUUV Hits Capability Milestones at Navy’s Autonomous Warrior Event C2 Robotics’ Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel (LUUV) has passed and exceeded its latest round of demonstration and evaluation goals during the Royal Australian Navy’s Exercise Autonomous Warrior 23. During the recent two weeks of in-water experimentation and … Read more

Legendary US defence analyst Robbin Laird, the founder and publisher of the influential website Second Line of Defense, has been an early advocate for autonomous systems. Here he interviews C2 Robotics’ Tom Loveard and Marcus Hellyer for SLDinfo.com to unpack the potential of the Speartooth LUUV. Laird concludes that militaries need to start using systems … Read more

4 October 2023 C2 Robotics Secures Defence Innovation Funding for Gen 2 Speartooth Large UUV C2 Robotics has received a third tranche of innovation funding from the Australian Department of Defence to progress the next stage of prototype development for its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel (LUUV). Speartooth is designed for long range, long duration … Read more

Forbes writes: “Tom Loveard doesn’t want to say what the Speartooth robotic submarine might be used for. That’s for the Royal Australian Navy to decide, but the C2 Robotics chief technology officer would like to see them deployed in very large numbers for not much money.” Read the article here.

Strategic Analysis Australia’s Michael Shoebridge considers the impact that small maritime autonomous systems such as C2 Robotics’ Speartooth Large UUV will have. He writes, “These are existing technologies and designs.  They show us two things: that large numbers of these small, affordable systems will be invaluable to Australia’s own military if it is to have … Read more

The Australian’s Ben Packham has taken a look at C2 Robotics’ Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel. He writes, ‘An Australian-developed underwater drone is firming as an option to expand Australia’s undersea capabilities ahead of the arrival of nuclear-powered submarines. The 8m-long Speartooth under­water drone is cheap enough to be procured by the thousand to undertake … Read more