Within the framework of the European Defence Fund (EDF), Thales is leading the SEACURE project to achieve sovereign European capability in future Anti-Submarine and Seabed Warfare. The SEACURE program began in November 2024 for a duration of 45 months and involves 35 European partners from 13 EU member states. Building on the successful completion of the EDIDP (European Defence Industrial Development Program) SEANICE project at the end of 2023, the aim of SEACURE is to achieve a sovereign European capability in future autonomous Anti-Submarine and Seabed Warfare.

SEACURE is proposed as a continuation of the EDIDP SEANICE research project that ended in November 2023. It offers a new way of protecting our critical maritime infrastructures and guarantees the freedom to operate in our own waters, detecting and protecting against any external threats.