HAVELSAN Demonstrates Coordinated Unmanned Air and Maritime Operations

Turkish defense company HAVELSAN demonstrated coordinated autonomous maritime and aerial operations involving a VN Maritime USV-12 unmanned surface vessel and an ASISGUARD SAGAN unmanned aircraft. The surface craft provided a platform for drone launch, while HAVELSAN command-and-control software coordinated navigation, mission sequencing and the airborne release of a 60-millimeter mortar round against a designated target. The exercise examined how separate unmanned platforms could operate through a common control environment while retaining operator supervision over mission activities. The event was a technology demonstration of integrated cross-domain operation, not confirmation of a deployed shipborne combat system or a government procurement award.