![]() ![]() ![]() The drone system also includes uncrewed aerial vehicles and influence sweeps. All these drones can be operated autonomously from the USV Inspector 125. This vessel will be equipped with ECA Group’s Inspector 125 USVs, A18-M autonomous underwater vehicles and SEASCAN and K-STER C ROVs. Under the MCM programme, the Belgium Naval and Robotics consortium (formed by Naval Group and ECA Group) will supply 12 vessels and associated equipment to the Belgian and Dutch navies. Similarly, the Belgian and Dutch navies will replace their ageing fleets of Tripartite-class vessels from 2023. The UK MOD is also investing in a Mine and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme, which seeks to procure three UUVs to conduct mine warfare missions from USVs. In addition to this, the NELSON programme, an innovation programme within the Royal Navy focused on using AI and data science to build a ‘ship’s mind’ enabling better decision making, includes a route survey tasking and analytics project that will adopt autonomous vehicles, open architectures and AI, to deliver an unmanned capability for routine MCM tasks in UK waters by 2022. The first equipment is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2022. The programme will comprise a USV equipped with an autonomous navigation system, obstacle detection and avoidance sonar, threat identification and neutralisation capability based on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), a towed synthetic aperture sonar and autonomous underwater vehicles. ![]() The UK and France have a joint Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) programme to harness the potential of maritime autonomy in the mine-hunting role and reduce the risk to the sailor in the minefield. Besides, Orca XLUUV and its micro-sized UUVs could take part in MCM missions without alerting the enemy. The Knifefish and Barracuda uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) will be used in the MCM modules. It will facilitate the entire detect-to-engage process in a single MCM sortie. The uncrewed MCM USV will be a long-endurance, semi-autonomous, diesel-powered, all-aluminium surface craft that supports the employment of various MCM payloads, such as minesweeping, mine-hunting and mine neutralisation payload delivery. To mitigate the impacts and risks of sea mines on naval operations, advanced navies have been increasing their investments in autonomous mine countermeasure (MCM) capabilities for two decades.įor instance, the US Navy has launched the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules Programme comprising 48 unmanned surface vehicles (USV) procured for both uncrewed mine sweeping and remote mine-hunting modules to perform mine-hunting missions. Sea mines are among the cheapest and most dangerous threats for naval forces a reality experienced in both World Wars and the Korean War. ![]()
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