Underwater & Aerial Networks
Connecting the deep and the sky above
HAF designs the wireless physics that let underwater vehicles, aerial drones, and surface stations talk to each other without buoys — acoustic, magnetic and optical links built for the harshest waters on Earth.
Signature capability
No buoys. No surface hardware. Just a clean handoff between water and air.
Our field trials in Hvalfjörður and Faxaflói prove real-time links between submerged AUVs and low-altitude UAVs, using the sea surface itself as the interface — a design that survives storms, ice, and shipping traffic.
Work at the edge of ocean and air.
We collaborate with maritime industry research, and international universities, and we welcome prospective graduate students drawn to underwater and aerial networking.
This research is supported by the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannís), Grant 239994‑051, awarded to the Hydro‑Acoustic & Aerial Networks Lab, University of Iceland.