UK start-up launches drone fleets to guard oceans

Solar powered surface vessel

Online Oceans has raised £4 million (€4.6 million) to deploy autonomous surface vessels for persistent maritime surveillance, from subsea cable protection to anti-submarine warfare.

The money will be used to bring a new generation of low-cost, solar-powered autonomous surface vessels to defence and security markets, promising to solve one of the most persistent problems in maritime domain awareness

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