Elbit Systems Enters Underwater Domain With Canadian Firm Acquisition
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Elbit Systems is acquiring a Canadian company to enter the underwater domain, mirroring a recent move by Israel Aerospace Industries. The company believes the changing naval warfare landscape, influenced by the Ukraine conflict, makes autonomous underwater vehicles crucial. These systems may play a key role in strategic waterways like the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Elbit Systems is acquiring a Canadian firm to enter the underwater domain.
- Israel Aerospace Industries recently sold an autonomous submarine to Germany.
- Elbit's Sea Domain Manager believes Ukraine's war has changed naval warfare.
- The company's move involves developing autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs).
- These UUVs could be crucial for conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab.
Elbit Systems is expanding into the underwater domain, following Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) sale of an autonomous submarine to Germany. Elbit's move involves acquiring a Canadian company specializing in underwater technology.
"Ukraine's war on the Russian fleet has changed the arena," stated Saar Korash, Elbit's Sea Domain Manager, suggesting a shift in naval warfare strategy. The article questions whether these new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) will be decisive in conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab.
In the early 1980s, during the Cold War, Canadian submarine company ISE undertook an ambitious project. Founded in 1974, the young company was tasked with developing and producing an autonomous submarine, known in the industry as an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV), to establish a sonar array beneath the North Pole for Canada and the United States.
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