OVERVIEW: The SeaFox I is a German-built lightweight Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) introduced in the early 2000s as an expendable mine disposal and inspection system. It features fiber-optic guidance, onboard sonar and CCTV, and operates as the identification variant within the SeaFox family.

DETAILS: “SeaFox” is the product name from Atlas Elektronik; “I” denotes the inspection variant without a warhead, used for target detection, identification, and training. It is approximately 1.31 m long, 0.39 m wide, weighs around 43 kg, and is electrically powered by non-rechargeable LiSO₂ batteries. The ROV uses four horizontal thrusters and one vertical hover thruster, achieving speeds up to 6 kn, and is controllable via a fiber-optic cable up to 3 km – featuring active sonar, LLTV camera, and searchlight for target classification. Entering service in 2001–2003, it is deployed from MCM vessels, helicopters, RHIBs, and other platforms, and has been used by at least eleven navies for mine countermeasure and intelligence tasks.

TYPE: Lightweight ship/air-launched identification ROV (Expendable Mine Disposal Vehicle)

FUNCTION: Launched via a removable launcher aboard mine countermeasure vessels or helicopters, the SeaFox I enters water and navigates under fiber-optic control to inspect suspected mines. Using built-in sonar and camera, the operator identifies the object and can either recover the ROV or, in the case of SeaFox C, deploy a shaped-charge warhead (SeaFox I carries no warhead).

NOTE:
IOC: 2001–2003 (first deployments)
Manufacturer: Atlas Elektronik GmbH (Germany)
Operators: Royal Navy, US Navy, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Estonia, Thailand, others 
Platforms: Mine countermeasure vessels (e.g., Royal Navy Hunt/Sandown classes), surface combatants, RHIBs, helicopters (e.g., MH-53E) 
Conflict used in: Operation Telic (Iraq, 2001), Libya 2011 
SOURCE: SeaFox drone – Wikipedia; Atlas Elektronik “SeaFox®” brochure; Naval Technology “SeaFox UUV”; Defense‑Aerospace “Royal Navy Orders SeaFox”; Defense‑Update “SeaFox Mine Hunter”