Anschütz has launched its new range of autonomous navigation and mission automation technologies under the name Anschütz Autonomics, following a series of successful demonstrations with partners in Germany and France.
The systems are aimed at supporting safe and precise autonomous navigation, as well as automated tactical operations that can be monitored and controlled remotely from shore-based centres.
The technology combines two key elements: the SYNAPSIS Autonomics Navigation Suite, which adds optical target tracking, COLREG-compliant collision avoidance and motion control to existing integrated navigation systems; and SYNTACS Autonomics, which manages mission execution, including threat assessment, tactical behaviours and payload integration.
The combined system has been demonstrated with German Naval Yards, CMN in France and the German Navy, with unmanned surface vessels executing high-speed manoeuvres, obstacle avoidance and target interception under remote command.
Anschütz says that development of the technology has been strengthened by its participation in the CAPTN initiative since 2023, which has seen more than 250 autonomous collision-avoidance manoeuvres completed on the Kiel Fjord under real operating conditions.
