For a 20-employee company that has reached the finalists, Danae is also a showcase: an opportunity to demonstrate its expertise to the armed forces.
The operational context was illustrated in September, in the Black Sea. An armed Ukrainian drone, fitted with a remotely operated cannon, opened fire on a Russian surveillance and reconnaissance drone.
The distinctive feature of the drone from the grouping around SEAir is its foil. This technology is the only one to have been used by this competitor during the first trials in January.
Launched in January, the program first pitted seven solutions against one another off Toulon. Three projects were selected for the next phase.
At the Euronaval trade show, the candidates' stands stand side by side. A few meters from one of them is that of SEAir, a competitor in the Danae program.
According to the Ministry of the Armed Forces, this was the first naval drone combat. The French military closely observed this first.