USV

Saildrone registers first USVs under national flag

Azerbaijan tests new navy drones

Royal Navy tests drone armada concept

An armada of aerial and surface drones operating alongside traditional naval and aviation assets has moved closer to reality after the Royal Navy...

Canada and UK firms join forces to expand autonomous vessel operations in North America

Canadian shipbuilder Hike Metal Products has signed a technology licensing agreement with UK-based HydroSurv to manufacture, market and support a...

Babcock and LIG D&A team up on AH-140 frigate, missiles and unmanned systems

Babcock and South Korean defense company LIG Defence & Aerospace (LIG D&A) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration across naval and defense programmes, including frigate design, weapons systems, maintenance support and unmanned technologies.

GABLER, FLANQ complete sea trials of submarine-launched USV

German companies GABLER and FLANQ have completed Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT) for their torpedo-tube-launched uncrewed surface vessel (TTL USV).

WATCH: World’s first USV airdrop completed using military transport aircraft

A ‘world-first’ capability demonstration has seen an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) airdropped from a military transport aircraft, proving a new method for rapidly deploying maritime systems into contested or difficult-to-access operating environments.

Sweden orders uncrewed surface vessels for waterway survey missions

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded a contract to BUVI Scandinavia AB for the delivery of EvoLogics Sonobot 5 unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to the Swedish Armed Forces.

Belgian Navy’s new minehunter tests drone capabilities at sea

Belgian Navy’s new minehunter Oostende has completed its first sea trials in Douarnenez Bay off the coast of Brittany, testing a suite of drones and uncrewed mine countermeasure systems alongside the Mine Countermeasures Module Group (MMG).

NATO kicks off TFX-Arctic to test uncrewed systems in High North

On June 6, the NATO research vessel Alliance departed La Spezia, Italy, bound for the High North and Arctic, marking the start of Task Force X (TFX)-Arctic, a new NATO initiative aimed at strengthening the Alliance’s situational awareness and presence in the region.

Intermarine to build patrol vessel duo for Italian Guardia di Finanza

Intermarine, part of the IMMSI Group, has won a tender issued by the General Command of the Guardia di Finanza for the construction of two patrol vessels.

Aselsan unveils next-gen unmanned naval systems

Turkish defense company Aselsan has unveiled a new generation of unmanned naval systems, including KILIÇ autonomous underwater strike systems family and TUFAN unmanned surface vehicle.

Rheinmetall Kraken launches production of USVs in Hamburg

Series production of the Kraken K3 Scout unmanned surface vessel (USV) has begun at Rheinmetall’s Blohm+Voss site in Hamburg.

Exail’s DriX H-9 selected for defense counter-UAS program

Exail has secured a new contract for its long-range uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), the DriX H-9, with a leading defense research organization.