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Marine Tech subsidiary Helio Water honored at the Château de Versailles.

We are proud to announce that Helio Water has been selected from among 10 French companies to represent French industrial innovation at the Choose France exhibition.

A model of HELIO is currently on display at the Château de Versailles, as part of an event organized by the French Presidency. The exhibition welcomes government and industry delegations from all over the world.

It’s a rich exchange of views, and a fine endorsement of our autonomous water production solution, designed to meet the environmental challenges of our time.

After several months of R&D, we are proud to present Sentinelle, our new tethered aerial drone system.

This system – comprising a quadcopter, a landing platform and an automated winch – enables extended, secure aerial deployment from a moving vessel.

Designed to withstand the most hostile marine environments (sea spray, strong winds, humidity), Sentinelle pushes back the limits of onboard UAV use.

Its ability to take off and land dynamically on a moving vessel was made possible by the development of automatic piloting software coupled with innovative automated winch technology.

These are the aspects that set Sentinelle apart from other solutions.
The first concrete application: the French Navy has equipped itself with the first example of this solution, unprecedented in France.

The drone can carry various types of payload:
Long-range stabilized cameras with infrared, target tracking, communication relays to increase range and data rates between units in a naval air group.

With its unlimited autonomy, insensitivity to jamming and discretion, Sentinelle is the future of onboard surveillance, in the service of maritime sovereignty.

Already available in kit form for the naval version, a version for land operations is currently under development.

These first tests represent a major step forward in the development of the MANTA x project, supported by France 2030.

This project, which aims to deploy the MANTA AUV from a subsea docking station, contributes to the achievement of Objective 10, dedicated to deep-sea exploration.

Marine Tech and Hologarde are exclusively presenting their Marine Garde solution at the EURONAVAL exhibition in Paris.

This solution, awarded the GICAN Innovation Award at the EURONAVAL Innovation Awards, is built around the next-generation Manta X drone project. A model of the Manta drone is displayed at stand D66, located in the Pôle Mer Méditerranée pavilion.

Marine Tech and Hologarde thank the jury members: Alain Bovis, President of the ACADEMIE DE MARINE, Timothée Moulinier from GICAN, Bertrand Gouillart, Head of Innovation at the Defence Innovation Agency, Luca Peruzzi, and Thibaut Farineau, Innovation Director at NAVAL GROUP.

Recap of the first edition of the 2024 Dronathlon, organized by the French Navy (CEPN) and the DGA – Directorate General of Armaments, in collaboration with the Defense Innovation Agency, from October 7 to 11. This unique event brought together 35 companies to test drone solutions in realistic, multi-environment scenarios.

Marine Tech participated in two exercises as part of two consortia :

Poséidrones with SEABER (leader), Hologarde, and HEXADRONE.
Amphi D with Thales (leader), DRONE ACT, and PILGRIM TECHNOLOGY.

In the first scenario, the RSV Sea Observer was equipped with a USBL beacon to track and geolocate two SEABER AUVs in real time. Their mission was to map a coastal area and detect underwater targets (such as mines). Despite stormy conditions, the operation was a success.

An aerial drone (the Tundra 2 from HEXADRONE) complemented the setup by flying over a terrestrial zone to identify events (objects and ground troops). The real-time feedback demonstrated the value of these advanced technologies for the Navy.

A few days later, the second scenario involved deploying the surface drone RSV, this time equipped with an underwater deployment system for a FLASH IG sonar (provided by Thales) for submarine detection and monitoring.

As highlighted by the magazine Le Marin, ‘the sailors were full of praise for this craft that withstood the storm and thunder,’ our two scenarios were successfully carried out and validated in harsh weather conditions, with winds reaching 100 km/h and two-meter swells, allowing us to determine the operational limits of the various systems.

These operations provided a valuable opportunity to assess the drones’ performance and better understand operational needs in this complex environment.

We would like to thank all participants, as well as our partners, for this enriching experience.

We are thrilled to announce that HELIO WATER (a subsidiary of Marine Tech) has won the Young Start-up Award for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region at the RMC SME Trophies!

This recognition highlights the efforts of our team and our commitment to offering eco-friendly solutions that contribute to a more sustainable future.

A huge thank you to RMC for this acknowledgment, as well as to everyone who supports us every day.

Our next goal is to shine the light of our region on the national stage by showcasing our HELIO solution, with the upcoming step being the national award.