Undersea systems development and integration.

In the era of an ever-expanding competitive battlespace, the need for technological advancement is paramount as our nation hopes to out-compete our near-peer adversaries in the undersea domain, widely regarded as the battleground of the future. Traditionally, vehicles in this domain, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV’s), have been manufactured out of materials such as steel, aluminum, and titanium. These materials, although considered industry-standard, are sub-par alternatives to carbon fiber. CET has been working on the research, design, engineering, integration, and manufacturing of UUV hull structures, systems, and components since 2008. Our work has focused on all operational environments, including littoral, full ocean depth, and sub-polar ice cap.

The design efficiencies, weight savings, and non-reactive nature of carbon are among just a few of the reasons why our Navy sponsors have turned to CET to build prototypical vehicles to support their mission. Using advanced carbon composites inherently enhances mission duration while increasing internal volume, allowing for variability and maximization of payload capacity. Moreover, the experience CET has gained by its history of construction and modification of vehicles, as well as providing mission-specific data visualization and analysis tools for our customers, has provided us unique insight.