Naval Group working on MUSV and LUSV concepts for French Navy (2022)

[Grey Havoc]

France's Naval Group Works on MUSV and LUSV - Naval News

French shipbuilder Naval Group will soon be experimenting and testing technologies for Medium and Large Unmanned Surface Vessels - MUSV and LUSV.

www.navalnews.com

While the French industry lags behind other nations in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Naval Group wants to stay ahead of the game in unmanned naval systems. Following the surprise unveiling of their XLUUV project last year, Naval News has learned today that the French naval shipbuilder is also working actively on unmanned surface vessels.

 

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On side note, a couple of their competitors (ECA Group and iXblue) just merged together to form Exail:

Eyeing larger markets, 2 French naval robotics firm unite under new banner - Breaking Defense

ECA Group and iXblue have become Exail, a merger that aims to net more international customers.

breakingdefense.com

 

[H_K]

Naval Group just released a teaser of their latest drone products, ahead of Euronaval 2024. There are 4 product lines including small/medium/large USVs.

The « Seaquest M » (15-50m length) is basically an MUSV and the « Seaquest L » (50m+) is an LUSV with what looks like 32x anti-ship missiles… pics and video below.

- Steeris (Mission and Decision Making System)
- Sealken (On board handling, launch & recovery - solutions)
- Seagent (UUVs)
- Seaquest (USVs)

View: https://youtu.be/z6NaWl8DiyM?si=FN_Cifyr95Azf-nI

 

[Grey Havoc]

I suspect that someone at Naval Group is a fan of classic 1990s Sci-Fi...

 

[Scott Kenny]

I suspect that someone at Naval Group is a fan of classic 1990s Sci-Fi...

First two seasons of Seaquest DSV were pretty good!