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Saab’s Autonomous Swarm tech used in AUKUS trial

A large UK team, comprising 40 employees from Saab-owned BlueBear and UK MoD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) personnel, demonstrated the ability to deploy interoperable AI within Autonomous Swarms of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) in AUKUS' recent Project Convergence 2024 trials.

Image courtesy BlueBear / Saab

Saab’s Autonomous Swarm technology recently featured in the ground-breaking Project Convergence 2024 trials, consisting of one month in the United States.

AUKUS, a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, held trials that demonstrated the pivotal role of BlueBear’s technology in collaborative, networked, swarms of UAS. BlueBear’s AI enabled Centurion mission system provided the ability for a single operator to command a diverse swarm of autonomous UAS.
 
At the core of BlueBear’s AI-enabled autonomy solution is the ability to ‘hot-swap’ AI from any supplier in an autonomous systems-of-systems. This technology is key to unlocking the game-changing potential of deployed networked sensors and effectors in an integrated multidomain battlefield.

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BlueBear’s RedKite and Ghost UAS, were used in tandem with Centurion, by the tri-nation AUKUS team to rapidly retrain and deploy AI algorithms, that enabled the payloads and UAS.

Andy Fraser, Group Managing Director, Saab UK said: “The AUKUS trials marks a significant increase in our ability to interoperate with allied nations, both at mission and core technology levels. Significant investment from both the UK Government and Saab’s BlueBear have allowed us to collectively mature and de-risk high-value technologies that are imperative in modern warfare.”

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The AUKUS trial was the culmination of Autonomy and Open Architecture work consistently funded by Dstl over two decades.

Saab acquired BlueBear in August 2023, as its rapid capability accelerator innovating new technologies and integrating them across Saab’s portfolio.

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