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Leading UK ship and fleet protection specialist SEA is showcasing Ancilia, a high-performance trainable decoy launcher system to protect surface platforms from advanced missile and torpedo threats, at the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition.

Ancilia is a highly modular and flexible maritime countermeasures solution delivering effective and rapid protection against modern dynamic threats, such as hypersonic and ballistic missiles. A step-change in decoy launcher technology from traditional fixed solutions, Ancilia’s trainable base, provided by fellow Cohort Group company Chess Dynamics, removes the need to manoeuvre the vessel. Its relatively compact size enables it to be fitted to a wide range of maritime platforms.

Capable of a rapid movement and offering support for a multitude of surface and subsurface countermeasure effectors, the system can counter a wide range of threats quickly and effectively. With a decoy-agnostic open architecture, the system can launch any standard 130mm NATO decoy, and other calibres of effectors, and can be retrofitted onto existing platforms and integrated with existing Combat Management Systems and third-party Electronic Support Systems. Drawing upon SEA’s Combat System expertise, Ancilia uses modern electronics, mechanical systems and software and requires minimal deck footprint in comparison to other systems of its nature.

Ancilia draws upon SEA’s proud history of decoy launcher expertise, including providing systems to the UK Royal Navy. SEA’s countermeasures systems are in service across the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Albion, and Type 45 destroyers, while its Torpedo Launcher System is the preferred system of the UK Royal Navy and other navies worldwide.

SEA’s appearance at Indo Pacific 2023 continues presence in the region where it provides advanced defence technologies and supports the development of local capability through partnerships with companies such as BlueZone Group and Daronmont Technologies in Australia.

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