Britain's BAE Systems said it was aiming to bring an autonomous submarine to market by 2026, amid interest from countries increasingly worried about underwater threats, following a series of attacks on subsea
Britain's BAE Systems said it was aiming to bring an autonomous submarine to market by 2026, amid interest from countries increasingly worried about underwater threats, following a series of attacks on subsea cables.
BAE successfully tested its Herne submarine product last year and said at the DSEI arms fair on Tuesday it signed a 10-year deal with Canadian partner Cellula Robotics, with the pair aiming to have a product "market ready" by the end of 2026.
Herne would be the first autonomous underwater vehicle BAE has taken to market. Scott Jamieson, managing director of BAE Systems Maritime & Land Defence Solutions business, said he was confident BAE could be manufacturing 10-20 of the submarines in 2027.
"I think there's a lot of interest we've had this week through a number of different countries and delegations," he said on the sidelines of the event, adding that Britain, Middle Eastern and European countries were all potential customers.
He said many Western navies were conscious of the emerging threat under the sea. The Baltic Sea region, for example, is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link, and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
The Herne mini-submarine would
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