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Saab Australia and ThayerMahan Announce Partnership


Saab Australia has partnered with leading United States autonomous maritime and undersea surveillance company, ThayerMahan, to explore opportunities to strengthen Australia's sovereign undersea warfare capabilities. Saab Australia Managing Director, Andy Keough said the demand for undersea surveillance systems in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region had grown significantly in recent years. “The partnership brings together Saab's sovereign system integration expertise and autonomous maritime capabilities with ThayerMahan's world-leading autonomous underwater surveillance technology.


Saab Australia Managing Director, Andy Keough CSC and ThayerMahan Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Ken Perry
Photo Credit: Saab Australia

This is an exciting partnership that will accelerate the integration of proven robotic and autonomous systems with surveillance capabilities that enable persistent underwater surveillance to protect Australia's seas, underwater assets, and borders.” ThayerMahan is a global leader in undersea operations and engineering that harnesses acoustic and oceanographic science to design and develop modern sensors, platforms, and algorithmic solutions. ThayerMahan's maritime and undersea domain expertise includes experienced former US Navy submarine commanders, sonar operators, mine warfare specialists, and professional acoustics engineers with deep experience in operations, modelling environments, and developing solutions to meet customer requirements.

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