UDS 2022 | 24 - 26 May | ECA Group solutions for naval mine warfare

ECA Group will be happy to welcome you on its stand n°93 during Underwater Defence & Security 2022. It will be the occasion to address the needs of naval forces and homeland security for their missions at sea.

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ECA Group solutions to be presented at Underwater Defence & Security 2022

Robotics and integrated systems

ECA Group designs and manufactures a wide range of innovative and comprehensive technological solutions to face current and future naval challenges. ECA Group constantly innovates to improve the capabilities and performance of its robotic systems, in order to support the Naval Forces and maritime operators to carry out ever more complex missions in hostile or restrictive environments.

ECA Group offers a whole range of naval drones and systems that are optimized to successfully perform an operation at sea in various activities such as naval mine warfare, counter-piracy, harbour or asset protection.

UMIS^TM – MCM turnkey solution

For underwater Mine CounterMeasures, ECA Group is an expert in the development of mission-driven interoperable systems capable of tackling the most demanding Mine Warfare missions.

Developed by ECA Group, UMIS^TM is the new generation Mine Counter Measures (MCM) unmanned system developed by ECA Group. UMIS is able to carry out any Underwater Mine CounterMeasures (MCM) mission, using a collaborative system of surface and underwater robots. UMIS has proven to be faster in fulfilling operations, more efficient, cost-effective and safe, as the crew is kept away from the minefield.

Comprehensive and modular, UMIS^TM includes a wide range of interoperable unmanned vehicles such as USVs, UUVs (AUVs, ROV, MIDS ROVs), towed sonars, UAVs, etc. All of these unmanned systems integrate a C2 MCM as a comprehensive software suite UMISOFT^TM allowing easy and complete management of the entire unmanned mission: preparation, run and supervision, data processing and analysis. UMISOFT^TM manages as well parallel drones missions, robot-from/on-robot deployment (such as USV deploying and retrieving a UUV) and all automatic launch and recovery systems (LARS from USVs). UMISOFT^TM can be integrated into the combat mission system (CMT) of the vessel (MCMV).

It is the ideal solution for Navies and Homeland Protection operators engaged in battlefields and survey or intervention missions at sea.

Naval Robotic solutions (AUVs / USVs / ROVs)

ECA Group aims at developing systems of drones and to do so, has engaged in strong R&D efforts to offer versatile solutions for various missions at sea.

By developing systems able to inter-communicate and work together in order to reduce human exposure to threats, ECA Group has been developing several types of surface and underwater unmanned robots can that act both in swarms or independently.

 ECA Group's wide range of naval robotic systems includes: 

• Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
• Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)

ECA Group drone systems can perform a wide range of operations:

• Coastal / harbour protection: Dedicated to the security of coastal and port infrastructures, ECA Group can deploy a fleet of different surface and underwater robots wearing sensors to detect, prevent or  respond in order to fight against terrorism, malicious or activism acts.
• Underwater Mine warfare: From a surface vessel, AUVs and ROVs are launched: SEASCAN for Mine identification and the K-STER mine disposal system for neutralization. The system can be used collaboratively with the embedded Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) of ECA Group's  A9-M AUV or A18-M AUV, to reduce the duration of  the MCM Missions.

ECA GROUP Conference during UDS

Conference B - Pioneer 1

"From conventional MCM to a modernised MCM capability"

Thursday, 26th May 11:45 - 12:30

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