The Fincantieri shipbuilding group and WSense, a deep tech company specialized in underwater monitoring and communication systems, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a collaboration in the field of the Underwater Internet of Things (UloT). The agreement provides for possible forms of cooperation in some areas, including underwater adaptive communications and related multimodal network, the development of solutions for the measurement of relative positioning of unmanned vehicles of surface and underwater and cloud solutions in the Defence sector, on the based on the experience already gained by WSense in the civil sector, also evaluating the participation of other specialized operators.

"This memorandum," the administrator pointed out delegate and general manager of the shipbuilding company, Pierroberto Folgiero - confirms Fincantieri's role as one of the catalysts of the underwater industry, a universe to be €400 billion in potential business volume. The group, which has been building submarines for the Navy for over 100 years Military, it aims to serve as a guide for development of this new geopolitical domain, of great relevance strategic, as also represented by the recent inauguration of the National Pole of the Underwater Dimension. For this reason, we are very We are happy to start this collaboration with one of the leading excellence of the national supply chain».

"This agreement with Fincantieri," said Chiara Petrioli, CEO of WSense - is very important in two respects. On the one hand, it confirms our Technological leadership in wireless telecommunications Underwater. On the other hand, it positions WSense as a central actor of the Italian ecosystem of excellence for the creation of monitoring and control systems of the underwater domain. Exists enormous potential linked to the Blue Economy, in particular in the area of critical infrastructure protection. At it Italy, with the National Pole of the Underwater Dimension, has given substance to its strategic vision. The solutions and the technological development capacity of WSense, together with the the will of the big players such as Fincantieri to do ecosystem, they can really bring our country to the border innovation and international leadership in the Internet of Things. seas'.