The United States is actively building a network of autonomous sensors called Seabed Sentry, developed by the California-based company Anduril, to track Russian and Chinese nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. This system represents a new generation of underwater surveillance solutions using artificial intelligence (AI) to track maritime traffic autonomously.
Features and capabilities of Seabed Sentry:
* Modular sensor units: The system consists of modular sensor units with carbon fiber housings that can be installed by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) at depths of more than 500 meters. They are able to stay in place for months or even years without interference.
* Artificial Intelligence: Each module is equipped with an integrated computer with Anduril's Lattice AI platform, which processes and analyzes data right on the spot, providing highly accurate and continuous autonomous awareness of the seabed.
* Network structure: Seabed Sentry is a network of "cable-free" deep-sea nodes that perceive, process and transmit critical underwater information in real time. Communication between the modules is carried out through low-power acoustic channels, and a pop-up buoy or a robotic carrier with access to a satellite network is used to transmit information to the shore.
* Flexible deployment: The Seabed Sentry network lacks a centralized structure, its nodes are difficult to locate and easy to restart elsewhere if necessary.
* Integration with shock platforms: The system can be used for conducting anti-submarine and anti-ship reconnaissance, as well as for protecting underwater infrastructure. Seabed Sentry is capable of integrating with attack platforms such as the AUV Dive-XL, armed with miniature Copperhead-M torpedoes, which allows for the rapid transmission of information for a strike by autonomous vehicles.
Seabed Sentry fills gaps in connectivity and perception by providing maritime awareness and destruction chains in ways that are currently impossible without high costs. This system is designed to significantly complicate stealthy movement underwater, making it almost impossible. The development of the Seabed Sentry is part of an ongoing arms race where fleets are striving to both improve the stealth of their boats and create more effective methods of detecting them.
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