Mastering Underwater detection challenges

Thales offers a full range of tailored solutions to meet navies’ needs, today and tomorrow

Defence
Mine warfare
Anti submarine warfare

Delivering advanced solutions tailored to navies’ strategies is our priority. We help you detect more effectively to enable faster decision making in a complex environment for today’s threats.

OUR STRENGTHS IN UNDERWATER DETECTION

A proven track record

With 60 years’ experience, 500+ naval platforms, and 40 navies served, we deliver tailored solutions navies can trust. Our engineers’ expertise, shaped by real challenges at sea, combined with Thales’s multidisciplinary network, ensures customers are always in safe hands.
Full systems integration

Today’s navies face complex challenges needing integrated systems. From plug-and-play open architecture to sonar sensor integration with processing and Mission Management, Thales takes an agile, holistic approach delivering reliable and flexible solutions.
Comprehensive support

Navies rely on us not just for system development but also for expert, tailored support throughout an asset’s lifecycle. From upgrades and repairs to inventory optimization and virtual reality training, we help navies stay fully mission-ready and operational at all times.

Detection capabilities: meeting navies’ needs

Today, navies must protect valuable assets, vital waterways and seabed infrastructure. To meet this challenge, our solutions span a full range of underwater detection needs. We develop and deliver advanced sonar and data processing that drive mission effectiveness through real-time intelligence for anti-submarine warfare; conventional, uncrewed and hybrid mine countermeasures; submarines; and seabed warfare.

The need to better detect threats and turn data into clear intelligence is greater than ever. Navies adapt by building flexible capacity and adopting high-performance systems. They rely on Thales to help maintain operational superiority. With technological excellence, experience, and a navy-centric approach, we deliver advanced, tailored solutions across the underwater domain.

OUR CAPABILITIES IN UNDERWATER DETECTION

Thales provides technologically excellent, sea-proven solutions for underwater detection. Our range of systems combines advanced multifrequency sonar, mission management, powerful data processing and high-resolution imagery. And our uncrewed, mine countermeasures “systems of systems” delivers high-precision detection and classification a concept we’re extending to anti-submarine and seabed warfare.

Thales helps navies master complex situations through a wide range of complementary, interoperable, and integrated underwater sensors and processing systems. We enable navies to meet your challenges by providing a full catalog of tailored solutions — from sonar for ships, helicopters, and submarines to uncrewed system-of-systems, including advanced multisource data processing and AI-powered fusion.

Navies need to control both capital and operating costs. Our solutions shift from fixed hardware and platform-based software to flexible, cost-effective approaches. From uncrewed mine countermeasure drones in a modular, scalable “toolbox” to open architecture rack-mounted processors for anti-submarine systems, we provide the flexibility navies require.

By harnessing the power of Big Data analytics and AI, we help navies make faster decisions. Our MiMap data-management tool uses AI to automate manual tasks for both crewed and uncrewed mine countermeasures platforms. Additionally, our BlueScan system extensively leverages AI to address the challenges of anti-submarine warfare.