Robot model
Armada
Fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and AUVs for autonomous seabed survey and search operations.
- Manufacturer
- Ocean Infinity
- Form factor
- maritime_surface
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- oceaninfinity.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Armada, a maritime surface by Ocean Infinity (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and AUVs for autonomous seabed survey and search operations. Low-emission hybrid power. 78 vessels planned by 2025.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Fleet (reported, unconfirmed)
Uses (reported, unconfirmed)
Maker (reported, unconfirmed)
Specs
Range
Max speed
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Armada. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
- Armada at Aberdeenoperational
Routine uncrewed surface vessel seabed survey and pipeline inspection operations in the North Sea for offshore energy clients.
- Armada at Perthended
Autonomous seabed search operation for Malaysia Airlines MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean using Ocean Infinity AUV fleet.
Armada on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Armada is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedJun 7, 2026
MH370 Search - Exclusive Video Of Search Ship
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at Aberdeen
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
at Perth
Deployment-verified media (1)
Third-party drone footage of the Ocean Infinity vessel Armada 8605 during the MH370 search operation in Fremantle, Australia. The ship is equipped with ROVs and AUVs for deep-sea search operations.
From deployment: Perth
Supply chain (1)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- KongsbergKongsberg HUGIN AUVs -- subsea survey payload deployed from Armada USV fleetsupplies
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Armada.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: maritime_surface
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Armada.Recent coverage
Armada in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Armada from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Malaysia Extends Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
The maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity will have an additional year to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner, which vanished without trace in 2014.
Ocean Infinity delivers final vessel to Armada
Ocean Infinity Completes Ambitious 14-Vessel Armada Fleet
VIDEO: Ocean Infinity completes its Armada fleet
Ocean Infinity takes delivery of final survey vessel in its new high-tech Armada fleet
Ocean Infinity Takes Delivery of Final Armada Fleet Vessel
Ocean Infinity completes Armada fleet milestone with delivery of final vessel
World’s Coolest Fleet of Robotic Low-Emission Ships Is Officially Complete
Robotic Vessel ‘Armada’ Spotted in Scottish Waters
First 86-meter ammonia-ready Armada vessel joins Ocean Infinity’s fleet
Ocean Infinity Adds World’s Largest Marine Robotic Vessels To Its Armada Fleet
Ocean Infinity to open robotic ship Operations Centre in Australia
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/ocean-infinity-armada.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/2d2b1169-dcab-44a6-b0dc-d8031bd25852
- Revision history: /models/ocean-infinity-armada/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Armada draws attention at the 61st percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among maritime_surface robots. Hype Gap +14.3, 12th widest among maritime_surface robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 21, 2026