The German company Helsing, a company active in the field of technologies for the defence sector, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Australian Blue Ocean Monitoring Ltd. which is specialized in the construction of submarine units autonomous driving. In a note, Helsing and Blue Ocean highlighted which together will accelerate "the development and production of mass of autonomous platforms for the protection of operational theatres submarines, giving democratic allies an advantage technology in the maritime sector, building together in Europe and Australia sovereign capabilities to defend us, especially in the North Atlantic and the partners' maritime regions of Aukus (Australia, United Kingdom and USA, ed.)". It was also pointed out that the acquisition of Blue Ocean will further accelerate the Helsing programmes related to to autonomous systems based on artificial intelligence.