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ThayerMahan and Australia’s Ocius To Cooperate on USVs

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

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ThayerMahan and Australia’s Ocius To Cooperate on USVs

Bluebottle BONNIE in San Diego Harbour at sunset on ANZAC Day, April 25, 2024 with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the background. (Photo: Ocius)

The Connecticut-based ThayerMahan and Australia’s Ocius Technology Ltd. on Monday announced an agreement to combine technologies on Unmanned Surface Vessels, taking aim at AUKUS Pillar 2 cooperation. This agreement will have ThayerMahan install its Outpost passive acoustic maritime surveillance system on Ocius’ Bluebottle USV. The companies argued this will create uncrewed acoustic sensing systems that can be deployed “to create distributed undersea surveillance networks in support of Pillar 2 of the AUKUS agreement. These systems will enable delivery of cost-effective,…

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