The British will hunt Russian boats with touch weapons: what is known about secret development (photo)

Now the data collected can enter into a system that will effectively "illuminate" the oceans and simplify "hunting" for the submarines of the Russian Federation. Autonomous hunters can be hidden underwater for months using artificial intelligence to detect and identify sounds using a new Lura system. It was developed by the European company Helsing. Lura is able to distinguish ships of one class due to the small differences in the acoustic signature of each vessel.

Lura works as follows: the system creates a "constellation" of underwater sensors (as satellites in the sky) and processes acoustic data. A huge number of underwater drones with built -in sensors will allow the British fleet to patrol the sea, finding Russian ships on the way to the country or near underwater cables to provide international communication.

In particular, drones can be placed in the Giuk Strait - a strategically important gate between the North European waters and the rest of the Atlantic. Helsing has developed a system by receiving a contract from the royal fleet to study the use of AI for acoustic sounding. The company now hopes that their product will eventually be implemented in all services. "Lura shows our naval forces to restrain.

We must use new technologies to keep up with threats to our critical infrastructure, national waters and lifestyles," HelSing HelSbert Sherf said. The former development officer of the UK Fleet Amelia Guld said that years have gone years to teach sailors to identify and identify sounds underwater. It takes for newcomers to master this for five years, while Lura does this work from the first day and does not need breaks for rest. "The longer it will be in the service, the better," Guld said.

The system was designed for use on underground drones SG-1 Fathom. Blue Ocean initially developed them for continuous tracking overseas for three months in a row. Leading Helsing Expert Neil Cartwright said that in the ocean can unfold hundreds of such drones "just to listen. " "When they hear something, a Russian submarine or something that does unusual activity, they appear and report it.

One alone cannot do a lot, but the fact is that they are so cheap and simple that you can throw hundreds and thousands of them into the water," he said. According to the cartridge, then the opponents will think twice before breaking into the British waters. The system will automatically distinguish submarines, tankers, passenger vessels and ships of the shadow Russian fleet.