Thales, ASV Agree to Partner on USVs
Photo: Thales.
Following a series of successful trials of the Halcyon unmanned surface vessel, Thales and ASV have signed an agreement to develop new USV technologies for maritime, civil, security and military domains.
“Thales has already delivered world leading autonomous capability with the Halcyon USV,” says Phil Jones, managing director of maritime mission systems for Thales in the U.K. “This agreement will allow us to build on this success to deliver the future autonomous capability requirements of our customers.”
The Halcyon was designed and built by AVS and enhanced with Thales’ mission and autonomy management systems. The platform is used by the French–U.K. Maritime Mine Countermeasure program.
“This agreement allows both companies to comprehensively address the fast-growing military and security domain, pairing ASV control system technology with Thales sensor and software capabilities combines both specialist expertise and unrivaled experience in creating and using these systems,” says Dan Hook, managing director of ASV.
