New undersea project to help RAN surveillance

Published on January 7, 2024



A new $1.6 million state government funded project will help to boost the Royal Australian Navy’s undersea surveillance capability. The project – Enhancing the RAN’s Undersea Surveillance Minimum Viable Capability – aims to improve operational performance by increasing the accuracy and range of automatic detection, tracking, and localisation of undersea threats.

Defence software firm Acacia Systems have been selected to lead the project funded through the Defence Innovation Partnership’s Activator Fund and run in collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Group. The project is also backed by the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, Curtin University and Defence Science and Technology Group.

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