Asian navy orders Seagulls
Unnamed customer orders Israeli-built USVs.
An unnamed navy in the Asia-Pacific region has ordered Seagull USVs from Elbit Systems in a 17-month contract, the Israeli company announced on 13 January.
Under the contract, Elbit Systems will configure the USVs to perform end-to-end MCM missions with the added option to install technology for ASW operations.
Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR, described a 'growing recognition of the essentiality of autonomous capabilities to perform a range of maritime missions', especially MCM and ASW.
'The Seagull USV has proven, since 2017, its capability to perform such missions,' Aharonson added.
All the Seagull USVs to be supplied will include side-scan and forward-looking sonar, as well as ROVs for identification and destruction of mines (whether on the seabed, moored or drifting on the surface).
The USVs also will be equipped with Elbit’s autonomous software, a combat management system and SATCOM capability.
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