AAD 2018 | 19 - 23 September | ECA Group Robotics and Training solutions

Join ECA Group experts at AAD 2018, Booth E8 Hall 4

ECA Group will be happy to welcome you on its booth E8 Hall 4 taking place at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria from September 19th to 23rd 2018. Its team will introduce to its Defence & Security range of unmanned robotic solutions for applications at Sea, on Land and in the Air as well as its Training Simulation systems.

ECA Group solutions to be presented at AAD 2018

Robotics and integrated systems

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)

ECA Group offers a wide range of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) allowing to conduct missions in restrictive areas.  ECA Group's ground robots can be used for military applications including the following missions: IEDD/EOD, inspection, demining or trap removal operations. ECA Group's land robotic systems are designed to be quickly deployed and enable to reduce human exposure to danger.

Two medium size ECA Group UGV specifically designed for EOD/IEDD intervention will help you perform missions in any demanding, confined or hard to reach environment: Cameleon E & Iguana E. These mobile and resistant robots have a plug-and-play system to equip a wide range of different payloads: manipulator arm, X-RAY systems, disruptors, laser, etc. These UGV are used by military and civil security forces thanks to their performance in terms of detection, analysis and manipulation.

ECA Group combat-proven Mini UGVs for EOD and IEDD COBRA MK2 E has been designed to answer the requirements of Land Forces to conduct operations on suspect objects. These unmanned ground vehicles are increasingly deployed on field to cope with multifaceted threats. Its modular architecture and quick deployment capability allows to easily equip different sets of payload from detection to neutralisation and various water disruptors.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

ECA Group is committed to develop efficient Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to perform different types of missions such as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and recognition (ISTAR) or electronic intelligence missions.

It can also support OED / IIED operations as it provides radio relay or real-time direct view of the intervention as part of a collaborative scenario with UGVs. Thanks to its 5kg payload capability, ECA Group IT180 can carry out mini UGVs (like COBRA MK2 I) on field.

ECA Group IT180 UAV solutions exists in both autonomous and in a tethered mode for permanent missions. These UAV solutions are combat-proven and in service within several armies throughout the world, including the French Army. 

Naval Robotic solutions (AUVs / USVs / ROVs)

Designing systems of drones for the future is the challenge of ECA Group today. To do so, ECA Group has engaged in strong R&D efforts. Its latest innovative unmanned solutions in Underwater Mine Counter Measures are optimized to successfully perform missions in an autonomous and safe way for operators.

Using autonomous and remotely operated vehicles robotic solutions, Unmanned Mine Counter Measures Integrated System UMIS suite make the most of ECA Group's range of underwater and surface robots: 

• Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
• Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)

ECA Group systems able to inter-communicate and work together to reduce human exposure to underwater threats. ECA Group developed its Unmanned Mine Counter Measures Integrated System - UMIS, with the objective in mind to combine in a completely autonomous way, several types of surface and underwater unmanned robots deployed - without any human intervention on the mine field - from an USV by a LARS system. UMIS is suited for various type of missions, but its capabilities have been successfully demonstrated in particular for the following operations:

• Coastal protection: The security of coastal and port infrastructures is one of homeland security's main missions. To answer the need of these operators, the solution UMIS for Security enables to conduct from a stand-off distance of a fleet of different surface and underwater robots wearing sensors to detect, prevent or for response. It is particularly suited to fight against terrorism, malicious or activism acts.
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• Underwater Mine warfare: From a mother ship in safe waters, operators can conduct a underwater mine warfare mission by deploying from a surface vessel, AUVs and ROVs: SEASCAN MK2 for Mine identification and classification and the K-STER C mine disposal system for neutralization. UMIS system can collaboratively be used with the embedded Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) of ECA Group's  AUV range such as A9-M AUV or A18-M AUV, for a quicker mission.

Discover ECA Group solutions for Underwater Mine Warfare

Training Simulation

Military Driving simulation

ECA Group is also committed to provide Land forces with efficient solutions to train their soldiers on their army vehicles. Discover ECA Group’s Military Vehicle Simulator, an armored vehicle full scale replica  of an Army vehicle. This simulator is able to recreate missions’ environment with high accuracy and immersiveness. ECA Group simulators are designed for both autonomous and collaborative trainings. Their architecture enable to interconnect several simulators to the same mission scenario allowing to train more than one student at the same time. Military Vehicle Simulator is adaptable to any type of training and was designed with the help of professionals.

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