C2 Robotics and Thales Australia advance partnership on sovereign autonomous maritime systems
Evidence notes
- C2 Robotics and Thales Australia announced a partnership to integrate Thales sonar sensors and processing into the Speartooth LUUV.
- The collaboration is intended to improve Speartooth's autonomous navigation, safety, reliability, and mission flexibility at long range.
- The companies positioned the partnership around sovereign Australian supply chain depth, local sensor production, and scalable autonomous maritime capability.
Company context
Australian defence robotics company developing autonomous systems across maritime, land, and air domains. Its flagship Speartooth platform is a large uncrewed underwater vehicle designed for scalable, low-infrastructure undersea operations, while the company also develops other defence autonomous systems including OGRE.