Maritime Autonomy

Maritime Autonomy: An industry expert’s perspective

12 May 2022

We caught up with Chris Shepherd, Autonomy Technology Centre Director at Thales ahead of the Combined Naval Event (Farnborough) to hear about his latest thoughts on maritime autonomy…

Conference develops legal framework for autonomous vessels operating in UK waters

17 Jan 2022

From maintenance drones in offshore windfarms to unmanned cargo vessels, autonomy offers huge potential benefits to the maritime sector…

Maritime Mine Countermeasures Programme (MMCM): The success of at-sea demonstrations turns the spotlight to the future

10 May 2021

Thales brings all this learning together in PathMaster, a complete approach designed to help customers cut through the complexity of unmanned mine warfare and explore the solutions that meet their future MCM needs and budgets.

Defeating maritime mines: an engineer’s perspective

08 Sep 2020

Few of us will ever create something of lasting international importance. Senior Systems Engineer Neil Coleman, the trials and acceptance lead for a four-year project to develop the world’s first unmanned autonomous mine countermeasures solution, is one of the few…

Thales funds research at UniSA to reveal the human side of artificial intelligence

09 Dec 2019

Machines that detect when their human operators tire and need a cup of coffee could be closer than we think, thanks to a funding partnership between Thales and the University of South Australia (UniSA)…

Could autonomy be the answer to cleaner seas?

06 Dec 2019

Earlier this year, Thales and the University of Southampton announced they had formed a major partnership to collaborate in the research and development of the next generation of maritime autonomous systems. Ten months in we have caught up with Professor Stephen Turnock to hear more about the uses of autonomous technology at sea and what the joint team have been working on…

Successful trial brings safe, secure autonomous squads one step closer

12 Nov 2019

Autonomous technology has the potential to transform the maritime sector, from commerce to warfare.

The Maritime Mine Countermeasures Programme: the French and British navies blaze the trail towards a global first with their revolutionary autonomous system

13 Sep 2019

Recognising the clear alignment of their objectives, in 2015, France and the UK fired the starting gun to embrace a new, unprecedented concept of operations: the Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) Programme. The ambition? By 2020, to be operating a sophisticated system comprising a tailored, toolbox of autonomous seaborne drones.

TX Ship: A new concept in autonomous naval vessels

09 Sep 2019

Thales and Steller Systems have launched a new concept in warship design at DSEI, offering an evolutionary link from manned warships, through lean-manning, to a fully autonomous platform.

The Application of Autonomous Technology to Benefit Defence

09 Sep 2019

Thales is to deliver a keynote speech at a prestigious global Defence and Security exhibition on applying maritime autonomy to real world operations…