Tekever and General Dynamics demonstrate AR5 drone’s role in detecting and tracking underwater targets

Tekever and General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada detected and tracked underwater contacts using sonobuoys deployed from an AR5 uncrewed aircraft during REPMUS 2026 off Portugal. The demonstration combined Tekever's ATLAS mission-management platform with General Dynamics' acoustic sensing technology and Distributed Acoustic Processing System. Acoustic detections were processed, incorporated into the mission picture and shared with other participants in real time, linking aerial surveillance and subsurface sensing. Announced on November 2, the trials advanced distributed anti-submarine warfare integration between the companies and did not constitute an operational deployment or a new production contract.