EU SEACURE programme seeks autonomous solutions to evolving underwater threats
The undersea environment and its infrastructure is a new front in naval warfare, says Thales. (Image: Thales)
The EU and leading defence firms are collaborating on improving autonomous seabed warfare capabilities.
SEabed and Anti-submarine warfare Capability through Unmanned featuRe for Europe (SEACURE) is a new coordinated effort to deliver effective anti-submarine and seabed warfare through autonomous systems in Europe.
Backed by €45 million (US$49 million) from the European Defence Fund, in total it is a €60 million project, running for 45 months, that aims to find effective ways of tackling an evolving threat landscape beneath the sea.
Across the course of 2024, nations with a Baltic Sea coast suffered repeated interference and damage to their subsea cables, requiring a coordinated upscaling of NATO vigilance in the region, under the title of Baltic Sentry
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