UK Joint Autonomous Maritime Ops
BAE Systems and SeeByte Ltd of Edinburgh, Scotland have signed a co-operation agreement to work together with the UK's Mine Counter Measure (MCM), Hydrography and Patrol Capability (MHPC) Programme.
BAE Systems Mission Systems and SeeByte have identified a shared vision for the managed introduction of autonomous computing into future military mission systems through the exploitation of ‘open' or modular, yet secure, architectures. Thus they intend to work together to develop fully integrated MCM mission systems offering innovative, flexible and adaptable solutions for the adoption of unmanned systems into future MCM operations.
These will be designed to minimise human operator load whilst providing maximum operational support to the Command Team. The systems will combine vehicle agnostic UUV Mission Management capability with the complex mission planning, situational awareness, battlespace information integration and combat decision aids required in modern naval operations.
As the principle Naval Systems integrator and Command System supplier to the Royal Navy, BAE Systems is undertaking a number of private venture-funded activities into the application of autonomous systems into the Maritime Domain.
SeeByte has a reputation of global excellence in the development and application of Autonomous Vehicle control software in the offshore, military and transportation sectors.
