South Korea’s Navy has conducted its first artificial intelligence (AI)-based mine-sweeping trial using unmanned vessels and drones.
The exercise was held at a naval base in Busan and was jointly led by South Korean defence company Hanwha Systems, the Navy said on Monday. It involved the Navy’s 730-ton Ongjin minesweeper, spy drones, two unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and one autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Hanwha.
The trial was based on a simulated situation where Busan port had been blocked by enemy mines. The Navy tested how crewed ships, unmanned vessels and AI systems could work together to locate and respond to underwater threats.
The mission was managed with the support of an “AI staff officer” system, which analysed weather and sea current conditions and provided guidance to the commander of the Ongjin vessel and the unmanned ships.
Using information from the AI system, the Ongjin minesweeper and the unmanned vessels created search areas to find simulated sea mines. At
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