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C2 Robotics, Thales Australia advance partnership in sovereign autonomous maritime systems
The companies announced a partnership to integrate Thales’ sovereign sensor technology into the Australian-made C2 Robotics Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (LUUV).
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Left to Right: Commodore Michael Turner, RAN, Director General Maritime Integrated Capabilities branch; Michael Parker, C2 Robotics; Gavin Henry, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Jarrod O’Kane, C2 Robotics; Tim Cain, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Adam Waldie, Thales Australia Underwater Systems; Captain Andrew Stevens, RAN, Director Maritime Uncrewed Warfare.
Thales Australia’s locally designed and developed sonar sensors and processing will enhance Speartooth’s ability to navigate autonomously at long range with higher levels of safety, reliability and precision. This will enhance customers’ trust in Speartooth and increase the range of missions it can perform.
Thales’ extensive industrial footprint, coupled with its sovereign technology expertise, will enable its sonar solutions to be scaled appropriately for performance and cost when integrated into the Speartooth LUUV. This will allow C2 Robotics to achieve its goal of delivering an affordable, long-range platforms that can be produced at scale in Australia.
“Collaborating with Thales, whose proficiency in sonar and acoustic payloads is world renowned, has the potential to accelerate Speartooth’s capabilities and footprint on an AUKUS stage. Most importantly, all of the sensors and electronics that will be integrated with Speartooth under this agreement are designed and produced locally at Thales’ Acoustics Centre of Excellence, Rydalmere, Sydney. This aligns with C2 Robotics’ approach of ensuring supply chain resilience and generating mass based on Australian industry.” Dr Tom Loveard, Chief Technology Officer, C2 Robotics
The announcement was made during the Royal Australian Navy’s recent Exercise Autonomous Warrior Maritime Big Play 2024 that took place at Jervis Bay in October 2024. The exercise tested a range of autonomous technologies below and on the surface of the ocean and includes C2 Robotics’ Speartooth LUUV.
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Thales Australia’s locally designed and developed sonar sensors and processing will enhance Speartooth’s ability to navigate autonomously at long range with higher levels of safety, reliability and precision. This will enhance customers’ trust in Speartooth and increase the range of missions it can perform.
Thales’ extensive industrial footprint, coupled with its sovereign technology expertise, will enable its sonar solutions to be scaled appropriately for performance and cost when integrated into the Speartooth LUUV. This will allow C2 Robotics to achieve its goal of delivering an affordable, long-range platforms that can be produced at scale in Australia.
“Collaborating with Thales, whose proficiency in sonar and acoustic payloads is world renowned, has the potential to accelerate Speartooth’s capabilities and footprint on an AUKUS stage. Most importantly, all of the sensors and electronics that will be integrated with Speartooth under this agreement are designed and produced locally at Thales’ Acoustics Centre of Excellence, Rydalmere, Sydney. This aligns with C2 Robotics’ approach of ensuring supply chain resilience and generating mass based on Australian industry.” Dr Tom Loveard, Chief Technology Officer, C2 Robotics
The announcement was made during the Royal Australian Navy’s recent Exercise Autonomous Warrior Maritime Big Play 2024 that took place at Jervis Bay in October 2024. The exercise tested a range of autonomous technologies below and on the surface of the ocean and includes C2 Robotics’ Speartooth LUUV.
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