Price & availability
Exail DriX: Price, Availability & Status (2026)
By Exail
Maritime
Form factor
verified
Dual-use
Survey + defense
verified
Exail (France)
Maker
verified
verifiedstatedclaimed⊘absence
👉DriX is the commercial-surface entry of DEPLOY's maritime cohort, the vehicle-sale counterpart to Saildrone's captive data-as-a-service model and the surface analogue to the subsea HUGIN.
✔Its autonomy is the CortiX stack: supervised autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance fusing camera, infrared, LiDAR, and radar across surface and underwater, for hydrographic survey and defense mine countermeasures.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. The DriX USV is sold to survey operators and navies on contract, so DEPLOY records zero price points rather than a consumer figure.
Availability
Internal use only
DriX is sold to survey operators and navies, not consumers. Made by Exail (the merged ECA Group and iXblue entity, France); DEPLOY records commercial maturity.
Real-world status
Exail's DriX is the commercial-surface entry of DEPLOY's maritime cohort: an autonomous surface vessel (USV) for hydrographic survey and defense mine countermeasures, running the CortiX autonomy stack (supervised autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance, fusing camera, infrared, LiDAR, and radar across surface and underwater). It is made by Exail, the merged ECA Group and iXblue entity (France), and is dual-use across survey and defense. DEPLOY records it at the vehicle level (the DriX USV, not the Exail parent).
💡DEPLOY records DriX at the vehicle level (the DriX USV), not the Exail parent (the merged ECA Group and iXblue), consistent with vehicle-not-conglomerate scoping across the cohort.
⊘There is no consumer price. DriX is sold to survey operators and navies on contract, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
| Surface + subsea: DriX vs Saildrone vs HUGIN | Exail DriX | Saildrone | Kongsberg HUGIN |
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| Type | Surface USV 🟢verified | Surface USV (wind/solar) 🟢verified | Subsea AUV 🟢verified |
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| Business model | Vehicle sale 🟢verified | Captive data-as-a-service 🟢verified | Vehicle sale 🟢verified |
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| Use | Survey + defense MCM 🟢verified | Ocean data / domain awareness 🟢verified | MCM / survey / seabed warfare 🟢verified |
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| Origin | France (Exail) 🟢verified | US (Saildrone) 🟢verified | Norway (Kongsberg) 🟢verified |
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| Pricing | No consumer price ⊘absence | No consumer price ⊘absence | No consumer price ⊘absence |
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Sources: DEPLOY registry, Exail, Saildrone, Kongsberg
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy a DriX?
No⊘absence. The DriX USV is sold to survey operators and navies on contract; there is no consumer price.
How autonomous is the DriX?
It runs the CortiX stack🟢verified: supervised autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance, fusing camera, infrared, LiDAR, and radar across surface and underwater.
Is DriX commercial or military?
Both, it is dual-use🟢verified: hydrographic survey and defense mine countermeasures.
Is this Exail or DriX?
DEPLOY records the vehicle (the DriX USV)🟢verified, not the Exail parent (the merged ECA Group and iXblue).
How does DriX compare to Saildrone?
Both are surface USVs🟢verified; DriX is sold as a vehicle (dual-use survey/defense), while Saildrone operates its own fleet and sells data.
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How DEPLOY verifies this
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.
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Last updated 2026-06-04.
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