Wet Test 002, untethered in salt water
The first integrated prototype ran roughly one hour untethered in salt water, powered and responsive throughout. Pool trials got it there, carried in and out by a single operator.
Vantage V0 completed Wet Test 002: an untethered session in salt water lasting roughly one hour. The vehicle stayed powered, responsive, and operational for the full run.
The session demonstrated wireless command response, forward and reverse propulsion, transient attitude correction, and positive-buoyancy recovery.
With the core vehicle architecture now proven in water, development is advancing toward full closed-loop control and the pilot-ready V1 platform.
Salt water was not the first step. Ahead of open water we ran pool trials to validate trim, handling, and recovery routines.
The vehicle left the water the way it is meant to: carried by one person. No crane, no cradle, no support crew. Single-operator handling and rapid field deployment have shaped the hull since day one, and it held up in practice.
Pool first, then salt water. Both are now behind us.