SubT Solutions
Subsurface. Secured. Simplified
Above-Ground Control.
Confidence.
SubT Solutions’ SubVulcan is redefining subsurface risk mitigation with a breakthrough approach that overcomes the limitations of legacy methods. Where conventional techniques can be hazardous, costly, or incomplete, our scalable, above-ground system enhances safety, reduces personnel exposure, and delivers consistent performance in complex underground environments.
SubVulcan Demonstration
A Category of One
Traditional methods for dealing with hostile tunnel systems are often slow, risky, and incomplete. Artillery or air strikes can damage infrastructure but may not clear complex, branched tunnel networks and present high collateral risk. Flooding or sealing entrances can take significant time and may not neutralize occupants or reveal interconnected openings. Direct troop entry exposes personnel to ambush, booby traps, and unknown structural hazards. These shortcomings increase mission time, resource expenditure, and personnel casualties.
The Solution
SubVulcan
Shockwave Advantage
Our approach is built to close a critical performance gap by maintaining effectiveness across complex underground networks. Instead of depending on a single point of action, the system is designed to deliver consistent impact throughout enclosed pathways — including bends and junctions — increasing the overall reliability of neutralizing potential hazards in hard-to-reach areas.
Rapid Exposure of Entrances
Existing clearance techniques rarely provide immediate, reliable detection of hidden entrances, exits, or vents. The overpressure effect from a single, above-ground application is intended not only to neutralize occupants but to create observable signatures (e.g., forced air movement, displaced debris) that indicate other access points and ventilation connections. This enables faster scene characterization and targeted follow-on actions.
Force Protection
A primary gap in current practice is the need to send personnel into tunnels to clear and assess them — a high-risk activity. The proposed capability emphasizes above-ground neutralization followed by robotic or remote inspection, thereby protecting personnel from direct exposure to the most dangerous initial conditions – including hostile combatants, toxic atmospheres, structural collapse, and explosive traps.
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