Tekever tests anti-submarine capability in Portugal drill

Tekever and General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada detected underwater targets during REPMUS, an operational exercise run by the Portuguese Navy, in a step that expands Tekever’s anti-submarine warfare capability and broadens its offer in maritime defence.

During the exercise in Troia, the companies combined autonomous aerial surveillance with acoustic detection and processing to support naval situational awareness above and below the surface. According to the companies, the demonstration linked Tekever’s AR5 unmanned aircraft and ATLAS mission management platform with General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada’s acoustic detection and processing technology.

The integrated chain ran from the deployment of sonobuoys at sea to the detection of underwater targets, with the data fed into Tekever’s ATLAS platform and General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada’s distributed acoustic processing system, then shared in real time with the wider REPMUS operational picture.

In a statement, Pedro Petiz, Tekever’s director for Portugal, said maritime missions now require operators to understand what is happening both above and below the sea. Tony Morris, vice-president for air and naval systems at General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada, said the team had successfully launched sonobuoys from a Tekever AR5 and processed the resulting acoustic data to detect and track underwater contacts.

Originally published at Eco.pt