Havelsan has developed Bluevision, a next-generation situational awareness system that harnesses artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies to transform the maritime sector. Designed to enhance maritime safety across a broad spectrum of platforms—from commercial vessels and luxury yachts to uncrewed surface vehicles and military platforms—Bluevision represents a modular decision-support and navigation-aid system engineered to improve situational awareness in maritime traffic.

Unlike conventional solutions that rely solely on camera data, Bluevision integrates information from cameras with Automatic Identification System (AIS) sensor data to create what the company describes as a "safe maritime picture." The system's most distinctive capability is its ability to detect and locate in real time objects that radar systems may fail to identify or struggle to detect, including small boats, buoys, and people in the water. Built on advanced computer vision and intelligent fusion technologies, Bluevision's modular architecture facilitates straightforward integration. Its hardware comprises thermal and daylight cameras, a high-performance artificial intelligence processing unit, and a touchscreen display panel.

Havelsan occupies a leading position in software-based solutions within the Turkish defense industry ecosystem. Since the 1990s, the company has developed integrated systems for naval and air platforms, providing critical software infrastructure for modern Turkish Navy frigates and corvettes. Bluevision, as a new software-based addition to Havelsan's portfolio, represents an expansion of artificial intelligence applications in the maritime sector. The system's integration with existing platforms such as Havelsan's Advent Combat Management System demonstrates Turkey's growing competency in software and sensor fusion technologies within the defense sector.

Bluevision is engineered to operate at full performance both day and night. By overlaying digital data onto live video feeds, the system provides operators with real-time information. It automatically classifies surface objects such as ships, boats, and buoys while accurately estimating their geographic locations. The system also employs a "digital lookout" approach by furnishing operators with visual and audio alerts in collision-risk scenarios. Bluevision offers specialized modules for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), search and rescue (SAR), and submarine periscope surveillance. Its continuously learning software infrastructure adapts to new operational scenarios through updates, thereby reducing human error and enhancing operational efficiency at sea.

Bluevision has been deployed on the Turkish Navy's Sancar armed uncrewed surface vehicle (AUSV) for autonomous navigation and search-and-rescue missions, operating in full integration with Havelsan's Advent Combat Management System to support autonomous navigation safety. The system has also been integrated into Rafnar boats through cooperation with VN Maritime and Piloda Shipyard and made available for use aboard commercial container ships. In the global maritime sector, similar artificial intelligence-based situational awareness solutions are being developed to NATO standards. Bluevision's approach of fusing AIS and camera data represents a significant indigenous capability achievement, advancing Turkey's independent capacity in maritime technology while raising localization rates in the defense sector.