The compact system, say its proponents, will represent a significant improvement on earlier models with high sounding frequency as well as high order depth and position accuracy. At less than 200kg, it can be deployed by just one operator and pilot in any small aircraft.

Using state-of-the-art laser technology, Hawk Eye 2 will enable Admiralty Coastal Surveys to provide fast and accurate surveys for shallow waters, coastlines, shores, land and islands, crossing from one to the other in a single mission. The complete package will include ground equipment for mission planning and hydrographic/topographic processing, all at considerably less than the cost of standard multibeam surveying methods.