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BlueHalo, Maritime Platform Developer Kraken Partner On Autonomous Operations

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

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BlueHalo, Maritime Platform Developer Kraken Partner On Autonomous Operations

Kraken's K4 MANTA uncrewed surface subsurface vessel. Photo: Kraken

BlueHalo and United Kingdom-based Kraken Technology Group last Friday said they have formed a strategic partnership to integrate the U.S.-based company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning-based autonomous mission systems into Kraken’s uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), uncrewed hybrid surface and subsurface vessels (USSVs), and multidomain marsupial capabilities. Kraken’s vessels for the integration include the K3 SCOUT USV, the K4 MANTA USSV, and the littoral K5 KRAKEN Gunship, which the company says on its website is 15.25 meters long and has a…

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