Thales press release
The system was developed in less than six months and has been accepted by the DGA and OCCAr after completing sea trials and delivered to the French Navy. The e-POC demonstrator enables naval forces to conduct mine countermeasures missions quickly and efficiently using only unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
Thales’s e-POC demonstrator is an easily transportable solution that will ultimately enable the French Navy to deploy underwater drones for mine countermeasures missions in any theatre of operations. It will provide a flexible mission management capability from outside the zone of operations, helping to keep naval personnel out of harm’s way. The e-POC demonstrator runs software developed for the M-Cube and MiMap systems on a single computer equipped with three control screens to plan, execute and analyse missions requiring the simultaneous deployment of up to three UUVs. The system can be set up on board a ship or at a shore station, and is small enough to fit into just six transport cases for deployment into the theatre of operations. The transport cases are stowed inside the UUV container to streamline logistics and boost mission effectiveness.
“Thales has combined the power of innovation with the agility of its development teams to augment the defensive capabilities of the French Navy. The e-POC solution is designed for rapid deployment into any theatre of operations, making a valuable contribution to future mine countermeasures missions and helping to guarantee the safety of naval personnel.”
Gwendoline Blandin-Roger, Vice-President Underwater Systems, Thales.
Naval News comments:
Thales e-POC comes in a small form-factor (akin to a large laptop with 3 screens) that is easily transportable. It will allow naval operators to control up to three mine warfare drones. Naval News learned that the French Navy mine warfare flotilla plans to use e-POC from RHIBs. Naval News saw e-POC for the first time at Sea Air Space 2023.
The hardware for e-POC is supplied by US company ACME Portable Machines, Inc. and is known as the “NotePAC III Pro V“. A company representative confirmed this information to Naval News at WEST 2024 in San Diego.
