PARIS LA DÉFENSE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the first phase of the program in which two demonstrators have successfully proven their operational performances at sea, France and the United Kingdom ...

The UK and France have taken delivery of an AI-driven naval mine-hunting system. The MMCM uses autonomous systems for mine detection, removing the need for crewed ships. Naval mines create complex ...

Thales demonstrated a mine neutralization capability for the remotely operated underwater vehicle with the Maritime Mine Countermeasures program. (Thales) STUTTGART, Germany — Recent sea trials of a ...

On behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency and the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence Equipment and Support organisation, the Organization for Joint Armaments Cooperation (OCCAr) has awarded ...

PARIS – Britain and France today awarded a contract worth some €150 million ($164 million) to Thales, leader of an Anglo-French industrial team that will build two prototype unmanned mine hunting ...

The 40-foot-long uncrewed surface vehicle and a yellow sonar unit. (Thales /) At the end of this year the French and British navies will start testing a prototype of a new anti-mine system, designed ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) has formally accepted the first of four autonomous minehunting systems being delivered by Thales under the French/UK Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) programme. A handover ...

Thales, BAE Systems and their partner SAAB, ECA Group and ASV Global welcome the confirmation by the Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) that the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) and ...

PARIS, Oct. 24 (UPI) --Thales, BAE Systems and their partners are to continue efforts to jointly develop and build an autonomous counter-mine vehicle system for France and Britain. The effort comes ...

With the threat of mines and improvised explosive devices present in all conflicts involving naval forces, countries need to strengthen the protection of their maritime domain, to ensure the ...