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title: Defense and Security
date: 2026-09-29T15:00:00+00:00
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### Development Partnerships

Across navigation, sonar imaging, robotics, autonomous platforms, environmental observation and mission-focused software, our companies provide technologies that help defense and security teams understand, inspect, navigate and operate in challenging subsea environments.

 [How we work with partners](https://www.generaloceans.com/group-capabilities) 

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 [Navigating Without GPS and in Low Visibility](https://www.generaloceans.com/contact-us) Defense and security teams often need to operate in environments where GNSS is denied, visibility is limited and conditions change quickly. Reliable underwater navigation and situational awareness are essential for unmanned systems, diver-support operations, inspection missions and autonomous platforms. How General Oceans delivers: General Oceans companies provide Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs), inertial navigation support, compact multibeam sonars and forward-looking sonar technologies that help underwater vehicles navigate, avoid obstacles and operate with greater confidence. Relevant capabilities: DVL, INS support, bottom-track and water-track navigation, forward-looking sonar, compact AUV and drone sensors, OEM integration. Contact us → [Mine Countermeasures (MCM)](https://www.generaloceans.com/contact-us) Maritime defense operations depend on understanding what is below the surface. Whether teams are inspecting an area, verifying a target, surveying the seabed or supporting mine-countermeasure workflows, they need high-resolution underwater imaging that performs in difficult environments. How General Oceans delivers: General Oceans companies provide high-resolution side scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar hardware, multibeam imaging sonar, transducer design and OEM sonar integration for towed systems, vehicles and mission-specific platforms. Relevant capabilities: Side scan sonar, SAS hardware, multibeam imaging, transducer design, custom sonar integration. Contact Us → [Extending Human Reach Underwater](https://www.generaloceans.com/contact-us) Many underwater defense and security tasks require intervention, inspection or manipulation in places that are difficult, hazardous or time-consuming for people to access directly. Portable, intuitive and mission-adaptable robotic systems can help teams act more effectively in the field. How General Oceans delivers: General Oceans companies provide portable robotic vehicles, hybrid ROV/AUV capability, high-dexterity electric manipulators and custom payload integration for defense, inspection and intervention missions. Relevant capabilities: Portable ROV/AUV platforms, electric manipulators, end effectors, payload integration, operator-focused interfaces. Contact Us → 

 

  

 [Robotics](https://www.generaloceans.com/our-tech) General Oceans companies provide underwater robotics capabilities including portable ROV/AUV systems, high-dexterity electric manipulators, custom payload integration and mission-specific robotic platforms. Learn more → [Gliders and Floats](https://www.generaloceans.com/our-tech) General Oceans supports sustained ocean observation with vertically profiling autonomous floats, expeditionary gliders, long-duration mission capability and custom payload integration. Learn more → 

 

  

 [Underwater Intelligence](https://www.generaloceans.com/our-tech) General Oceans provides underwater intelligence capabilities through data analysis, mission-focused software, operational support, AI/ML-enabled systems and advanced human-machine interfaces. Learn more → [Custom Integration](https://www.generaloceans.com/our-tech) General Oceans companies support custom integration for defense and maritime security teams. This allows partners to combine proven technologies with tailored engineering support for complex subsea applications. Learn more → 

 

 

## Our latest news

 

 [Invitation to presentation of Q3 2026 results](https://www.generaloceans.com/news/invitation-to-presentation-of-q3-2026-results) 6 November 2026 General Oceans ASA invites investors, analysts, media and other stakeholders to attend the presentation of its results for the third quarter of 2026. [RS Aqua brings defense technology to REPMUS 2026](https://www.generaloceans.com/news/rs-aqua-brings-defense-technology-to-repmus-2026) 14 October 2026 General Oceans company, RS Aqua, took part in Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems REPMUS 2026. [MRV Systems Supports US Navy for 10th Year](https://www.generaloceans.com/news/mrv-systems-supports-us-navy-for-10th-year) 1 October 2026 MRV Systems, a subsidiary of General Oceans ASA, is pleased to announce that it is one of three awardees of a three-year US Navy Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with an upper limit of $51.2 million. 

 

 

 

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