BAE, Cellula Robotics Partner On Underwater Drone, With Test Next Year, According To By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
Underwater Drone- BAE Systems is partnering with Canadian company Cellula Robotics to showcase its extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle in the U.K. next year, the British firm announced Tuesday. As the undersea battlespace matures, some companies are looking to speed up the development of uncrewed platforms that can work with crewed vessels to cover larger surface areas or serve as smaller alternatives to submarines to carry out covert operations. Among these is BAE Systems’ maritime services division, which launched its Herne extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle last year after noticing a market availability gap in this platform size. The Herne was designed so users could launch and recover it in several ways, including from harbours, ships or submarines. It can perform anti-submarine warfare, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, according to BAE Systems’ website. “Today, [about] 40 countries have in their naval forces submarines,