US-based defence contractor L3 Technologies acquired unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous vessel control systems company ASV Global on September 20.
The new company will be known as L3 ASV.
The acquisition enhances L3's range of unmanned maritime capabilities, including integrated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions, future surface combatant unmanned off-board sensors, and integrated unmanned surface and undersea vessel (USV/UUV) operations.
