High-performance, scalable mine countermeasures

To meet the needs of today’s navies, Thales constantly develops advanced solutions. Our sonar systems provide high-resolution imaging, advanced data processing and are optimised for complex environments. In addition, our uncrewed solutions use cutting-edge technologies and big data processing to offer high-precision detection, classification and seabed mapping, while keeping crews at a safe distance from the minefield.

Thales help the navies to maximize mission efficiency. Our systems are designed to be highly interoperable, enabling navies to coordinate the use of the systems in a national or at an allied level, from safety of navigation, to water space management and data sharing across a task group. Thales solution can be declined at various scales, to deploy uncrewed systems from  various platforms – using plug-and-play design.

Thales integrates native cybersecurity into all its mine countermeasures systems using an approach that spans secure system design, real-time threat detection and mission resilience. From our M-Cube mission management system’s open architecture, enabling the use of robust communication protocols, to the encryption of data across all our uncrewed systems, we protect navies’ communications and assets.

Based on real-world experience with over 300 minehunting systems, Thales spends significant time at sea, uses feedback from support services, and works closely with navies to design new reliable solutions. Thales’s uncrewed solutions underwent over 4,000 hours of sea trials during a four-year period.

At Thales, we understand the need for crews to be ready for action at short notice. We collaborate with navies to ensure their crews are well-trained and their systems are always ready, delivering a wide range of support and service packages, as well as operational services and training.