- Progress in undersea operations in deep waters up to 6000 m.
- Concept phase to study and evaluate technologies suitable for platforms and payloads.
- Identification of defence use cases and analysis of operational requirements.
- Evaluation and simulation of next-generation sensor technologies and high-resolution data collection in deep water.
- Feasibility studies including market analysis and literature review of existing technologies.
- Investigation of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and autonomous navigation algorithms for deep water missions.
- Development of models for multi-layered intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance of underwater threats.
- Integration of energy storage, power generation, and system diagnostics for persistent underwater operations.
- Design and partial testing for risk reduction of new materials and pressure-resistant components.
- Exploration of methods for underwater communication, data fusion, and command and control systems.