Ingenium Research Group has attended the meeting of the European project ENDURUNS, held in Athens during 22-23 October, at the facilities of Swiss Approval Internationl Inspection. This meeting was focused on the study of the design phase, analysing all the requirements of autonomous underwater vehicles. All the assistants and partners agreed on the importance of the design and component selection phase, highlighting the evolution acquired to date and proposing new systems to ensure the development of the ENDURUNS project.