Unmanned Systems

Thales and Schiebel Successfully Conduct Factory Acceptance Test for UK MOD's Peregrine Programme, Paving the Way for First Deliveries

30 Aug 2023

Thales and Schiebel are delighted to announce the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Peregrine Programme. The FAT, a pivotal milestone in the programme’s development, marks an important step towards the final delivery of the cutting-edge CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Peregrine System, the game changing rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) which aims to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky’ capability for Royal Navy warships.

Thales and Schiebel validate the use of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) to relay acoustic buoy surveillance during the NATO exercise REPMUS 2022

21 Oct 2022

Thales and Schiebel validate the use of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) to relay acoustic buoy surveillance during the NATO exercise REPMUS 2022

Maritime Mine Countermeasures Programme (MMCM): The success of at-sea demonstrations turns the spotlight to the future

10 May 2021

Thales brings all this learning together in PathMaster, a complete approach designed to help customers cut through the complexity of unmanned mine warfare and explore the solutions that meet their future MCM needs and budgets.

The Maritime Mine Countermeasures Programme: the French and British navies blaze the trail towards a global first with their revolutionary autonomous system

13 Sep 2019

Recognising the clear alignment of their objectives, in 2015, France and the UK fired the starting gun to embrace a new, unprecedented concept of operations: the Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) Programme. The ambition? By 2020, to be operating a sophisticated system comprising a tailored, toolbox of autonomous seaborne drones.

Rooting out the new undersea mine threats in disguise

09 Sep 2019

Mines in disguise have become cheaper and easier to plant to threaten naval operations. Thales has developed the first autonomous mine countermeasure system - based on autonomy, Artificial intelligence, Big data analytics and cybersecurity - to be adopted by the French and UK navies.

The rise and rise of drones

30 Aug 2019

Up and down the country, a quiet revolution is taking place. We stand at the dawn of a new Age of Drones. Within a few years, they will become a ubiquitous frontline resource of the UK’s emergency services…

Surveillance and intelligence missions boosted by Thales’s mini-UAS

18 Jun 2019

At a time when digital technologies are increasingly shaping the battlefield of the future, the need for armed forces to boost their intelligence-gathering capability is becoming ever more acute. For units deployed in the demanding conditions of the theater of operations, having the technology to gain an understanding of the terrain and the forces in the field is absolutely vital.

Soarizon: Unlocking the full potential of drones

12 Jul 2018

Mike Oliver and Joel Grundy of Thales explain how Soarizon could be one of the answers to today's challenges in the emerging drone market and so help unlock the door to better, more efficient and safer use of UAS. Thales' software-based digital operations center for qualified and trusted drone operations can build confidence for safe and acceptable UAS flight among operators and all other actors.

Unmanned surface vehicles in mine-hunting mission in Scotland

28 Jun 2016

Dangerous and indiscriminate, underwater mines pose a serious threat to shipping for decades after deployment. They are everyone’s problem.

Thales demonstrates the future of unmanned systems in a maritime environment through the UK Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior

06 May 2016

Thales, along with 40 organisations from defence, industry and academia, has been working with the Royal Navy over the last year to deliver the largest unmanned systems event of its kind.