Welcome to the future.
One of the largest hurdles faced by the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) community is power. A sufficiently large energy source can enable longer and more complex missions—but it can also hinder performance, mission capability, and portability. Beyond design limitations, today’s approaches introduce significant safety complications.
Currently, UUVs must surface and return to a safe location where the energy source can be extracted and replaced. This creates substantial operational risk, requiring removal and replacement of spent batteries—an increasingly difficult challenge as UUV size grows. And because electricity and water present inherent safety hazards, other charging methods have not been successfully implemented. At IVO, that is no longer the case.
CBAT enables the transfer of energy through water without active hydrolysis or measurable current. This is possible because the water acts simply as the dielectric. In fact, water has an exceptionally effective dielectric constant of 78.4. For comparison, that is 78× the dielectric constant of air—meaning CBAT gains efficiency. No other form of energy transmission achieves this without consequences.
Extensive testing at IVO East and the Wireless Research Center of North Carolina has demonstrated that CBAT can safely transmit power through water while leaving organic and inorganic compounds unaffected. This capability gives UUVs—and surface-going vessels—the ability to transmit or receive power safely through water, entirely wirelessly.
Our goal at IVO is not only to charge these devices wirelessly, but to remove the battery entirely—bringing true wireless power to the world. This will be made possible by our Capacitive Based Aerial Transmission technology.
Welcome to the future.