The Australian Department of Defence has made a down-select decision to explore a variant of the Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) as the RAN new Mine Countermeasures and Survey Vessels under project SEA 1905 Phase 1, says Minister…
Defence, the Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (TAS DCRC) and Thales Australia will develop new autonomous technologies to revolutionise inshore Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) through a new five-year, $15 million R&D project. Researchers will design, develop, test and evaluate…
The Royal Australian Navy’s growing fleet of unmanned and autonomous mine-hunting equipment is increasing in capability as the platforms get smarter and the fleet adapts to using the platforms. The operator of an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can remotely control…
Thales in the UK and L3Harris have developed an autonomous, unmanned Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) capability that will enter service with the Royal Navy and French Marine Nationale later this year. The capability consists of two Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV), Artemis…