Quantum Cyber N.V. (NASDAQ: QUCY) filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an Autonomous Distributed Naval Mine Countermeasure System. The filing, numbered 64/066-872, covers technology for autonomous detection and neutralization of underwater naval mines using unmanned aerial vehicle-deployed sensor and neutralization platforms.

The system deploys semi-submerged survey pods from unmanned aerial vehicles into target areas. Each survey pod conducts multibeam sonar scanning, magnetometer sensing, and hydrophone acoustic array analysis to detect and classify underwater mines. The company states the system achieved a probability of identification exceeding 85 percent in testing.

Upon target confirmation, the deployment UAV retrieves survey pods and deploys expendable influence-neutralization pods near confirmed mine locations. Each neutralization pod generates programmable acoustic signatures, three-axis magnetic field waveforms, and optional pressure impulse charges calibrated to trigger the influence fuzes of targeted mines.

"Iran mining the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most significant maritime security crises in decades, and the U.S. Navy has publicly acknowledged a capability gap in autonomous mine countermeasures in the theater," said Peter O'Rourke, Board Member at Quantum Cyber.

The filing expands Quantum Cyber's patent portfolio, which includes a provisional application for the autonomous naval mine countermeasure system and a non-provisional utility patent application for EMP-shielding composite filament for UAV electronics protection. The company's technology pipeline encompasses autonomous drone warfare platforms, counter-UAS perimeter defense systems, portable drone command and control systems, and quantum antenna communications technology.

The information is based on a press release statement from the company.