The Danish armed forces are brought to trial four autonomous sea drones before court hearing that patrol Northern European waters and look for signs of criminal activities.
Driven by wind and solar, the Endaredial surface vehicles (USVs) will be Collect real -time data with sensors and cameras that are positioned both above and under the water. An onboard computer will stream this data on an algorithm for machine learning that is trained to recognize patterns and potential threats.
The technology is intended to help the Danish defense forces to identify threats such as enemy u -boats, illegal fish, drug smuggling or manipulations against underwater cables. The drones will also perform deep-sea maps in order to offer the authorities a clearer perspective of the sea floor and underwater infrastructure such as communication cables, pipelines and offshore energy platforms.
The monitoring of this kind has become increasingly urgent since the North Stream Pipeline -Sabotage 2022, which testified to the susceptibility of underwater assets for hidden attacks. Denmark also rises in the Baltic Sea in the middle of the maritime defense in the Baltic Sea growing concerns About Russian aggression.
The robot sailing boats are manufactured and operated by saildrone, a technology company based in the USA in 2012 by Richard Jenkins Richard Jenkins. In his early days, Saildrone mainly focused on climate and weather surveys. But now the vast majority of their 140-strong fleet is being used for defense and security purposes.
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“The waters of the Baltic, North Sea and European Arctic waters are currently in unprecedented threats,” said Jenkins. “We are very happy to work with the Danish armed forces to use Saildrone systems to protect the critical underwater infrastructure of Europe and increase regional security.”
The Army of Denmark will start testing the four ships in June to improve its high-tech defense, including use, including use My hunt Underwater drones and unpigured Surveillance aircraft.
Last month the Nordic Land A announced $ 614 million spending package. It will use the money to procure 26 new naval ships, more drones and sonar equipment in response to emerging maritime threats – especially from Russia.
Last month, the company set up a Danish subsidiary in Copenhagen, which hopes that technology will bring closer to the most important defense markets such as Great Britain, France and Germany.
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