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With their merge, Exail is now able to cover the full supply chain, from components to the completed systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Giannoni did not mention any new products on the horizon, he noted that the two companies are already well connected, with iXBlue inertial navigation solutions integrated on ECA Group AUVs. \u201cIn the future, we will continue to develop our products while bringing our technologies together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">iXBlue and ECA Group performed a demonstration of the collaboration between their two autonomous systems, the DriX USV and the A-18D AUV, during a September press tour organized by the French naval industries organization Groupement des Industries de Construction et Activit\u00e9s Navales, or GICAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the harbor waters next to iXBlue\u2019s facilities in La Ciotat, France, the two autonomous systems were deployed together and remotely operated from afar, with the A18D scanning the sea bed and gathering data, and the DriX providing live realignment to the A18D\u2019s navigation systems, as well as faster data transmission by positioning itself above the underwater system. 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