Design Support
Advice, reviews, or full design work for marine hardware: housings, connectors, power and controls, fabrication drawings.
Dual Oceans is designing and building autonomous surface vehicles to carry and test ocean payloads.
The first vehicle, Stage 0, is a prototype designed to carry customizable payloads on open water. Launch is anticipated before the end of 2026.
What is being built
Stage 0 is a small uncrewed surface vehicle, designed to carry a payload out onto open water and send its data back while it runs. The first payloads are a camera, data logging sensors for conductivity, temperature, and more, and an echosounder. It is an introductory step, intended to incrementally improve the vehicle's capabilities and advance marine hardware in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.
Build status
Design and prototype testing of the core systems is under way. The build phases target the end of 2026.
- Ph -1Design and subsystem prototypingIn progress
- Ph -0.5Solar install and bench charge testPlanned
- Ph 0RC control: thrust, handling, and power drawPlanned
- Ph 1Live link to shore with telemetry, video, and dataPlanned
- Ph 2Autonomous test survey with georeferenced data logging, Ipswich Bay, MAPlanned
Engineering support
Alongside the vehicle work, Dual Oceans is open to taking on marine hardware projects for other teams.
Deployment & Field Support
Planning and on-site help with installation, commissioning, sea trials, and troubleshooting.
Technical Advisory
Ocean-readiness reviews for teams new to seawater, inspection and survey planning, and vendor and fabricator management.
Get in touch
Dual Oceans wants to hear from payload developers, researchers, and anyone who wants to follow the build. The call is free.