ECA Group leads DroneSeastem-Protect maritime-drone consortium
Seven robotics manufacturers formed a consortium to develop coordinated drones for protecting maritime access routes.
Why it matters
The nearly EUR15 million project brought seven manufacturers into a planned air-surface-subsea surveillance architecture under one command station; financing was still being finalized at announcement.
Evidence notes
- ECA Group led the industrial collaboration.
- The programme focused on deploying multiple unmanned systems as a coordinated mission group.
- Participants were drawn from the robotics sector in southern France.