Timeline for ENSTA Brest
#14 2 Nov
Opened a tender for 7m and 3.5m naval drone hulls
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Naval Group unveils 37m Seaquest M droneBackground
ENSTA Brest, the Brest campus of the French engineering school ENSTA, opened an EU-funded tender for 7m and 3.5m naval drone hulls in November 2026, with bids due on 25 November. The tender ran alongside Naval Group's unveiling of its 37m Seaquest M drone.
The campus was ENSTA Bretagne until 1 January 2025, when it merged with ENSTA Paris into a single school, ENSTA, with campuses at Brest and Palaiseau. ENSTA is a member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and the Brest researchers bring work on autonomous robotics and maritime Science.
Common Questions
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It opened an EU-funded tender for 7m and 3.5m naval drone hulls, with bids due on 25 November 2026.Source: TED
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