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ELWAVE is a dual-use company targeting defense and commercial markets.
Defense & security
Critical underwater infrastructure surveillance
The subsea environment is extremely complex and harsh. Efficient detection of intruders (combat divers, AUVs, …) requires multiple sensing techniques. Acoustic solutions only provide partial detection capabilities and are very sensitive to environmental acoustic noise. ESENSE and EPULSE Electric field solutions offer complementary solution to provide infrastructure operators with full underwater surveillance capability.
EPULSE and ESENSE are deployable:
- on the seabed, along the piers and on the infrastructure (for eg. offshore wind jacket) for permanent monitoring
- on ROVs, AUVs, USV and UAVs for rapid deployment upon alerts or for patrolling.
Mine warfare
EPULSE sensors, powered by CEDAR® technology, have been successfully qualified at sea through the NATO DIANA program and in collaboration with several MCM solutions providers. These tests spanned diverse environments, mines materials and shapes, and involved integration aboard various subsea vehicles.
OCTOPULSE (8 electrodes) and TETRAPULSE (4 electrodes) sensors addsa new dimension to unmanned MCM operations. They enable real-time electrical “super-classification” of metallic and composite mines, laid and buried into the seabed, in clear and turbid waters.
This capability enhances overall target detection probability, reduces false alarms, and ultimately improves the efficiency of risk assessment and area clearance in the most challenging environmental conditions (rocky seabed, algae…).
Kamikaze USVs and AUVs
ESENSE ultra high sensitivity offers mid and long range detection capabilities of USVs and AUVs. These targets often evades sonar, optronics and radar surveillance. Especially, ESENSE sensor is the only sensor able to detect AUVs navigating just below the sea surface.
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
Our ESENSE product range can integrate sonobuoys, towed arrays, or accommodate other platforms to enhance target detection and classification beyond acoustic limitations.
Seabed warfare
Mounted into AUVs, ELWAVE’ sensors provide advanced detection, localization and tracking capabilities for subsea cables and pipelines, even when covered by marine sediments. They simultaneously provide seabed imaging for anomalies detection around these infrastructures.
This groundbreaking sensing innovation enables new UUV deployment strategies to patrol and protect subsea critical assets.
Search & rescue
ELWAVE’s sensors, integrated into underwater vehicles, enable the detection of victims in murky and cluttered waters, thanks to the unique capabilities of CEDAR® technology. This innovative solution excels where sonar encounters difficulties and cameras become ineffective.
Signature Management
The ESENSE product range further improves measurement accuracy for these critical operations, helping protect your fleet against mines.