{
  "icp": {
    "regions": [
      "GB"
    ],
    "use_cases": [
      "Offshore wind site monitoring",
      "Metocean (wave/wind/weather) monitoring",
      "Subsea data harvesting and AUV/asset tracking",
      "Subsea cable protection",
      "Illegal fishing monitoring",
      "Maritime domain awareness",
      "Marine mammal acoustic monitoring",
      "Ocean research as an alternative to crewed research-vessel charter"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "Offshore wind",
      "Marine research",
      "Defence and maritime security",
      "Subsea cable and pipeline operators",
      "Environmental and marine-mammal monitoring",
      "Maritime domain awareness"
    ]
  },
  "itha": "0.1",
  "proof": {
    "case_studies": [
      {
        "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/underwater-vehicle-tracking.html",
        "title": "Subsea operations: Tracking and re-tasking underwater vehicles from Scout",
        "outcome": "Tracked and re-tasked an underwater vehicle at 138 m depth."
      },
      {
        "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/repmus-asw-swarm.html",
        "title": "REPMUS: a Scout swarm tracking AUVs for ASW",
        "outcome": "Multiple Scout USVs deployed as a swarm during NATO's REPMUS maritime unmanned systems exercise."
      },
      {
        "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/metocean-mission.html",
        "title": "40 days offshore, carrying Sofar Ocean metocean sensors",
        "outcome": "Six weeks of unbroken wave, wind and sea-state data."
      },
      {
        "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/passive-acoustic-monitoring.html",
        "title": "Detecting whales and dolphins in real time with Hydrotwin AI",
        "outcome": "Streamed marine-mammal acoustic detections to the cloud for months at a time."
      }
    ]
  },
  "company": {
    "hq": {
      "country": "GB"
    },
    "url": "https://onlineoceans.com",
    "name": "Online Oceans",
    "domain": "onlineoceans.com",
    "same_as": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/online-oceans"
    ],
    "description": "UK-based ocean robotics company that manufactures solar-electric uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and control software for persistent ocean data collection, and operates them as a data-collection service."
  },
  "offerings": [
    {
      "id": "scout-usv",
      "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/scout-usv.html",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Scout USV",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "pricing": {
        "unit": "unit",
        "basis": "list",
        "model": "flat",
        "notes": "Starting price for base unit; final price varies by payload configuration (Adapt/Detect/Connect/Metocean/Hydrotwin).",
        "range": {
          "min": 40000
        },
        "currency": "GBP"
      },
      "summary": "Solar-electric, self-righting USV for persistent ocean data collection; Sea State 6 rated (survives 8+); Adapt, Detect, Connect, Metocean, and Hydrotwin payload variants.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "usv",
          "protocols": [
            "iridium",
            "starlink"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1",
          "integration_required": "none"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ocean-data-as-a-service",
      "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/ocean-data-as-a-service.html",
      "kind": "service",
      "name": "Ocean Data as a Service",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "subscription",
        "notes": "Subscription or per-mission pricing; specific rates not publicly disclosed, quote required."
      },
      "summary": "Subscription or per-mission ocean data collection via company-operated Scout USVs, delivered to cloud dashboards or APIs; no customer-owned hardware required.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "data_as_a_service",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "tether-c2",
      "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/usv-ground-control-station.html",
      "kind": "software",
      "name": "Tether C2",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Web-based mission control platform for planning, monitoring, and swarm coordination of USVs; supports MAVLink-compatible autopilots (ArduPilot, PX4) via Iridium and Starlink satellite links.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "software",
          "protocols": [
            "mavlink",
            "iridium",
            "starlink"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "tether-bridge",
      "url": "https://onlineoceans.com/usv-ground-control-station.html",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Tether Bridge",
      "role": "oem",
      "summary": "White-label command-and-control hardware/software connecting third-party vehicle autopilots to Tether via satellite link; deployable as cloud, white-label, or on-premise/air-gapped installs.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "control_system",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "engagement": {
    "url": "https://onlineoceans.com",
    "methods": [
      "consultation"
    ]
  },
  "extensions": {
    "robotics": {
      "roles": [
        "robot_manufacturer",
        "software_vendor"
      ],
      "service_area": [
        "GB"
      ],
      "spec_version": "0.1"
    }
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-08-21"
}