Saab demonstrating new naval autonomous systems capability at WEST 2025

Skapa by Saab, the company’s newly formed technology accelerator, will showcase the interoperability of Autonomous Ocean Core at a demonstration during the WEST 2025 conference in San Diego with partners Aalyria, ANELLO, Hidden Level, Microsoft, Mythos AI and Second Front.

Autonomous Ocean Core is a control system versatile across all naval platforms enabling un-crewed and autonomous systems to work in a safe and predictable way—on the surface and underwater.

The demonstration will highlight a sample of mission-sets enabled by Saab’s Autonomous Ocean Core integrated with the capabilities of our partners. Autonomous Ocean Core enables un-crewed vessels to operate on Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), electronic warfare, assault, mine countermeasures, search and rescue, and logistics missions.

“Saab’s Autonomous Ocean Core provides a solid foundation for expanding autonomous operations through continuous development and integration of third-party capabilities,” says Erik Smith, President and CEO of Saab in the U.S. “We are excited to add the enhanced capabilities from our partners and provide customers with an increased tactical edge, while becoming less dependent on active manpower. Safe and reliable autonomous operations is the future of naval warfare.”

The Autonomous Ocean Core system has different modes for maneuvering on a mission, each supporting precise control and operational flexibility based on the mission’s need, while also enabling the flexibility to integrate with new or existing platforms. The system is ready to perform a variety of missions right out of the box, with or without added functionality.

Saab’s leadership in autonomous systems include Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) which work with seabed infrastructure, anti-submarine warfare training and mine hunting.