A Newfoundland and Labrador-based robotics company has landed a big contract to supply the Danish and Polish navy with minehunting sonar equipment. Kraken Robotics Inc. signed the deal Tuesday with the Danish Ministry of Defence, Acquisition and Logistics Organization, worth approximately $36 million. Those vessels will tow the Kraken technology through areas of water where mines may be placed along the seabed, and beam back real-time data to the ship where naval officers can then identify mines. Shea said the Katfish streamlines a previous process that has been in place in the Danish navy for more than 25 years. Kraken Robotics Inc. won a $36-million contract with the Danish and Polish navy to supply its sonar technology for use in mine hunting.

Source: CBC News September 11, 2020 12:30 UTC