HII Demonstrates Open Architecture Autonomy Integration Capability with Sea Machines’ SM300
January 05 2022 - 10:00AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions
division announced today the successful integration of its advanced
autonomy solutions with Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomy
product. The integration of these autonomous capabilities supports
complex mission planning and collaboration between unmanned
systems.
The demonstration, which took place late last year in the
Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia Beach, involved overlaying
HII’s collaborative autonomy and mission planning behaviors with
the Sea Machines SM300 system on an unmanned surface vessel
(USV).
“This represents an important milestone in our continued
autonomy development,” said Duane Fotheringham, president of
Technical Solutions’ Unmanned Systems business group. “The
integration was seamless and illustrates the immense potential for
our open architecture autonomy to work collaboratively with other
autonomous systems.”
Sea Machines’ SM300 system can be outfitted to ocean-capable
vessels to enable remotely commanded USV operations or can work
alongside an onboard crew to elevate the capability, precision and
endurance of a mission-driven vessel. During the demonstration,
HII’s autonomy managed mission delegation and enabled collaborative
autonomy with other unmanned systems while providing the SM300
system information to manage the USV heading and speed.
“Sea Machines’ products are developed to integrate readily with
the wide range of vessel types. Our goal is to fit seamlessly into
a vessel’s command and control stack which in some cases will
include information and control systems from other autonomy systems
either above or below our technology,” said Michael G. Johnson, CEO
of Sea Machines. “We are encouraged by the rapid progress
demonstrated by the HII team as they integrate their technology
with our product to elevate the capability of their customers.”
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/proteus-usv-demo.
The open architecture and modularity of HII’s autonomy make it a
flexible, scalable option for customers seeking to enhance their
current autonomy platform with additional advanced capabilities.
HII’s collaborative autonomy enables complex mission delegation to
multiple unmanned assets that all share situational awareness.
Together, HII and Sea Machines will offer varying levels of
autonomy complexity for different operations.
In July 2020, HII announced a minority share investment in
Boston-based Sea Machines as part of its expansion into the
unmanned systems. This investment complemented other company
investments in autonomy, artificial intelligence and machine
learning, cyber, C5ISR, and advanced modeling and simulation to
support a more integrated, connected force. In May of 2021, the
SM300 was integrated on an HII test platform. Since then, HII has
further developed and refined its own autonomy solutions, including
collaborative autonomy, advanced health monitoring, and sensor
fusion and perception, which have been fielded on 23 vessel types
for more than 6,000 hours.
HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider.
With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S.
national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from
the most powerful and resilient maritime platforms ever built, to
unmanned systems and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in
mission-driven solutions that support and enable a connected,
integrated full spectrum force. Headquartered in Newport News,
Virginia, HII’s skilled workforce is 44,000 strong. For more
information please visit:
- HII on the web: www.HII.com
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Contact: Danny HernandezDanny.J.Hernandez@hii-co.com (202)
580-9086
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