HII REMUS 620 and Thales demo end-to-end autonomous mine hunting
HII and Thales say they have demonstrated a complete autonomous mine-countermeasure mission. HII's REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicle, carrying Thales' SAMDIS 600 sonar, searched autonomously for possible mines. Thales software with AI-based target recognition helped operators classify and locate mine-like objects. Thales AAC's ANGLER remotely operated vehicle reacquired them, identified them visually and provided the means to neutralize them. HII's Sea Launcher handled automated launch and recovery.
Source: Interesting Engineering
Everything ran through Thales' open, NATO-compliant Expeditionary PathMaster architecture from a portable operations center, building on a 2025 test of the same sonar on the REMUS 620.
Why it matters
Mine clearing usually takes several platforms and repeat passes. Running find, fix and finish as one unmanned workflow is meant to speed that up and keep sailors away from mines. The claims are the companies' own: the release doesn't say where or when the demo ran, how many targets were used, or whether anything was neutralized.
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