Porter is a configurable large AUV for offshore inspection, carrying and deploying ROVs, smaller vehicles or sensor nodes, and subsea energy delivery. HonuWorx reports a December 2023 Vancouver demonstration with Cellula and Seatronics in which a hydrogen-powered mothership deployed an inspection-class ROV under over-the-horizon control. That integration demonstration does not verify every current Porter depth, payload or endurance option.
Technical detail
Core features
Configurable payload skids and bays for smaller AUVs, ROVs, nodes and subsea intervention equipment.
Vendor table lists 11.7 m by 1.66 m and 300/1,000/3,000 m depth variants; fuel-cell endurance is 925 h in the table versus 45 days in the overview.
Energy delivery, docking and wireless-power functions are offered; mission-specific transfer and acceptance conditions are not disclosed.
HonuWorx’s Loggerhead demonstration provides a named remote ROV-deployment reference, not a delivered commercial-fleet baseline.
Autonomous Systems
Advanced Manufacturing Integration
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Offshore inspection and intervention
Subsea payload transport and energy delivery
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Named 2023 partner integration demonstration; current full-configuration performance and repeated customer acceptance remain unverified.
Commercial availability
Configured commercial integration offering; confirm quoted vehicle, payload, energy-transfer and support scope.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 2 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · slug
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · name
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · core features
Porter table lists 11.7 m by 1.66 m, two 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.7 m bays and 300/1,000/3,000 m depth variants; battery 480 h/2,650 km and fuel-cell 925 h/5,000 km. Narrative 45 days exceeds the table 38.5 days. Over 1 MWh energy delivery, docking and wireless transfer are vendor offerings without acceptance conditions.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · summary
Porter table lists 11.7 m by 1.66 m, two 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.7 m bays and 300/1,000/3,000 m depth variants; battery 480 h/2,650 km and fuel-cell 925 h/5,000 km. Narrative 45 days exceeds the table 38.5 days. Over 1 MWh energy delivery, docking and wireless transfer are vendor offerings without acceptance conditions.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · summary
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · core features
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Porter table lists 11.7 m by 1.66 m, two 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.7 m bays and 300/1,000/3,000 m depth variants; battery 480 h/2,650 km and fuel-cell 925 h/5,000 km. Narrative 45 days exceeds the table 38.5 days. Over 1 MWh energy delivery, docking and wireless transfer are vendor offerings without acceptance conditions.
Supports: Capability · core features
Porter table lists 11.7 m by 1.66 m, two 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.7 m bays and 300/1,000/3,000 m depth variants; battery 480 h/2,650 km and fuel-cell 925 h/5,000 km. Narrative 45 days exceeds the table 38.5 days. Over 1 MWh energy delivery, docking and wireless transfer are vendor offerings without acceptance conditions.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Porter is marketed for long-range survey, cable inspection, transporting and deploying small AUVs, nodes and ROVs, and subsea energy delivery, with third-party autonomy interfaces and configurable skids.
HonuWorx reports December2023 Vancouver demonstration with Cellula and Seatronics: hydrogen-fuel-cell largeAUV mothership deployed inspection-classROV under over-the-horizon control. This supports a demonstrated integration, not repeated commercial-fleet deployment.
Supports: Capability · core features
HonuWorx reports December2023 Vancouver demonstration with Cellula and Seatronics: hydrogen-fuel-cell largeAUV mothership deployed inspection-classROV under over-the-horizon control. This supports a demonstrated integration, not repeated commercial-fleet deployment.
Supports: Capability · maturity
HonuWorx reports December2023 Vancouver demonstration with Cellula and Seatronics: hydrogen-fuel-cell largeAUV mothership deployed inspection-classROV under over-the-horizon control. This supports a demonstrated integration, not repeated commercial-fleet deployment.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
