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Israeli Company Unveils BlueWhat Unmanned Sub

Monday, May 8th, 2023

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Israeli Company Unveils BlueWhat Unmanned Sub

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) new autonomous unmanned BlueWhale submarine, unveiled in May 2023. (Photo: IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) last week revealed its new BlueWhale unmanned autonomous submarine geared for intelligence-gathering operations. The company said the vehicle has conducted thousands of hours of submerged and autonomous operations and it can be used for purposes ranging from detecting submarines to gathering “acoustic intelligence.” The BlueWhale includes a several meter-tall telescopic mast that mounts radar and electro-optical systems to sense sea and coastal targets while also equipped with sonars to detect submarines and map mines on the…

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