ELWAVE is a designer and manufacturer of ultra-high-performance underwater electric field sensing systems for naval defense and maritime security applications.
Defense Advancement is pleased to announce the addition of ELWAVE to our global defense and security supplier ecosystem. Through their DA supplier profile, ELWAVE showcases its innovative underwater electric sensing technologies designed to provide advanced detection, characterization and monitoring capabilities in complex subsea environments.
ELWAVE specializes in ultra-high-performance active and passive underwater electric field sensing systems that complement conventional acoustic and optical approaches. Their technologies are engineered to overcome the challenges of turbid waters, cluttered seabeds, buried threats and acoustically noisy environments, enabling enhanced underwater situational awareness for next-generation naval and maritime security missions. The company’s solutions support a wide range of critical defense applications including mine countermeasure operations, harbor and naval base protection, underwater intruder detection, subsea surveillance, ISR missions and critical underwater infrastructure security.
Key capabilities of ELWAVE’s underwater electric sensing solutions include:
- EPULSE Active Electric Sensing: Advanced seabed electrical mapping, target detection and characterization for metallic and non-metallic laid or buried underwater threats.
- ESENSE Passive Electric Sensing: Long-range detection and monitoring of underwater electric signatures for surveillance, infrastructure protection and signature intelligence applications.
- Enhanced Threat Detection: Increased probability of detection with reduced false alarms in challenging underwater environments and SONAR blind zones.
- Multi-Platform Integration: Compatible with AUVs, ROVs, ROTVs, USVs, gliders, subsea stations and fixed maritime infrastructure deployments.
- Biomimicry CEDAR® Technology: Patented Controlled Electric Detection And Ranging technology enabling advanced underwater electric imaging and characterization.
- Critical Infrastructure Protection: Solutions designed for harbor security, subsea cable monitoring, underwater intruder detection and strategic maritime asset protection.
ELWAVE’s modular and scalable product portfolio ranges from ultra-compact OEM sensors for high-volume platform integration to fully integrated depth-rated systems capable of operation down to 6000 meters. By combining advanced sensing hardware with intelligent software and multi-sensor integration capabilities, the company is pioneering underwater electric sensing as a powerful new perception modality for defense and maritime security operations.
To learn more about ELWAVE’s advanced underwater electric sensing technologies, visit their full profile on Defense Advancement.







