German shipbuilding company TKMS has signed a framework agreement with Israel’s SpearUAV to advance sub-to-air loitering unmanned aerial system (UAS) capabilities for underwater platforms.
The Royal Navy has avoided losing a £2.5 million surveillance drone after the aircraft suddenly dropped to just feet above the sea during an autonomous flight off Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster in the Gulf of Oman.
The US Navy is testing a new mining system using an expendable underwater unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that can be safely deployed from a submarine, aiming to enhance maritime defense capabilities.
Teledyne Gavia, a division of Teledyne Technologies, has delivered the first four GAVIA autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) systems to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV).
Norwegian companies Eelume and Maritime Robotics have unveiled a new mine-hunting system that brings together unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and autonomous underwater robots, aiming to improve the safety and effectiveness of mine countermeasures at sea.
The SeaRush project has taken a major step toward scalable production of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), following successful on-water tests of a 3D-printed prototype conducted by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN).
STM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar-based Barzan Holdings to collaborate on the joint production and development of advanced unmanned aerial systems and unmanned naval platforms.
The UK’s first truly autonomous full-size helicopter has completed its maiden flight, operating from Predannack airfield in Cornwall.
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group for the production of six VSR700 uncrewed aerial systems.
HII has announced the successful shipboard deployment and recovery of a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (UUV) using the company’s automated launch and recovery system, Sea Launcher.
As autonomous technology increasingly reshapes the maritime domain, shipbuilders and naval forces are intensifying efforts to integrate autonomous platforms alongside conventional vessels.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron company, has introduced a multi-mission uncrewed surface vessel (MMUSV), the fifth generation of its common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV).
Saildrone and Lockheed Martin have partnered to integrate unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with combat-tested, mission-ready payloads.
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have decided to buy eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI).
