New Royal Navy USV to Neutralize Mines
, called Ariadne, that will be used to detect mines.This advanced technology is expected to increase operational tempo, and it eliminates the needs for sailors to enter mine danger areas.Royal Navy Motor Boat (RNMB) Ariadne can be deployed from a harbor or mother ship to scour the seabed for mines, using Thales Towed Synthetic Aperture Multiviews systems.The vessel can operate either fully autonomously or remote-controlled by operations in the portable remote command center.Fitted with AI automatic target recognition, Ariadne can filter and refine vast amounts of data allowing operators to speed up the
Saildrone and Thales Australia Advance Autonomous Undersea Surveillance
Thales Australia’s BlueSentry thin-line towed array will be integrated with Saildrone Surveyor-class USVs for autonomous anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions in the open ocean.The Saildrone Surveyor is the largest in the Saildrone range of USVs and is capable of extreme, long-endurance missions in the open ocean. Equipped with the newest evolution of Thales’s BlueSentry towed array, the Surveyor will conduct autonomous underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for ASW applications.At 20 meters long (65 feet) and weighing 15 tons, the Surveyor classifies as a medium USV
Dutch Government Picks France's Naval Group for Submarines Order
, but definitely also for Dutch companies," Van der Maat said.The Dutch government earlier this month said it had largely granted the order to replace nearly its entire non-submarine fleet in the coming 15 years to Dutch industry, with large roles for Damen and the Dutch arm of French defense company Thales.(Reuters - Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Andrew Cawthorne
Thales to Equip Polish Navy's MIECZNIK Frigates with Combat Management System and Sensors
Thales said Thursday it would equip the Polish Navy MIECZNIK (Swordfish) frigates with the TACTICOS combat management system, sonars, infrared sensor, and radars, providing the warships with multiple functions for detection, identification, command and control, and decision-making. The first ship is expected to enter service in 2029 through a strategic program, which incorporates a cooperation agreement between Thales and the PGZ-MIECZNIK Consortium (lead by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa).Designed to carry out a wide range of tasks at sea, including, among others, securing sea lines of communication
Bell Joins Rovco as Head of Geoscience
and offshore windfarm site investigations. He has more than 20 years’ global experience in marine site characterisation and has lived and worked in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe.Bell graduated from Bangor University, Wales, with a BSc in Geological Oceanography in 2002, before joining Thales GeoSolutions as a graduate geophysicist. His previous employers also include Fugro and EGS Indonesia. He worked offshore for 10 years as a geophysicist and party chief and has a decade of experience in managing teams of geophysicists and in the interpretation of a broad range of geophysical data
Maritime Defense Industry Specialist Joins Kraken Robotics' Board of Directors
.Previously, Kraken said, he held the role of President at Ultra Sonar Systems, leading an international business unit of over 850 staff delivering underwater sensing technologies to the world’s most advanced navies. Earlier in his career, Mills worked for another underwater systems major in Thales, with roles in both France and Australia. Mills also sits on the Board of Canada’s peak defense industry association: CADSI. His areas of expertise include strategic growth, change leadership, structuring of multi-stakeholder solutions (including M&A, joint ventures and partnerships), and
AUV Boaty McBoatface Passes the Test, Returns to Plymouth
Engineers and scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) recovered Boaty McBoatface from Thales Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth, where the AUV completed its deployment out in the Southwest Approaches.This deployment focused on proving the endurance and data gathering capabilities of Boaty, to ensure it is prepared for scientific deployments anywhere in the ocean. Over a period of five weeks the autonomous vehicle travelled from Plymouth out to the continental shelf edge south of Ireland and back to Plymouth, covering a distance of almost 2,000km while venturing to depths of over 1,000m.
UK Royal Navy Testing Crewless Minehunter
to the lives of those searching for them. It comprises an uncrewed surface vessel, towed sonar and a portable operation center, and is now undergoing rigorous capability development trials.Demonstrators have been delivered to both the Royal and French Navies, the U.K. model handed over in Plymouth by Thales UK, OCCAR and Defense Equipment and Support, the MOD’s procurement arm.Commodore Steve Prest, the Royal Navy’s Deputy Director Acquisition, said, “The future of mine warfare is here: the Royal Navy’s minehunting capability program is real; it’s happening; it’s
Advanced Acoustic Concepts selects Sonardyne for Subsea Target Tracking
our different navigation, communications and control mission systems, seamlessly, all with technical and application support from our facilities in the US.”Advanced Acoustic Concepts, which is based in New York and has facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania, is co-owned by Leonardo DRS and Thales
February 2025
