Thales and American defense major HII have completed integration and field exercise of the Thales SAMDIS 600 sonar with HII’s next-generation REMUS 620 medium unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).
UK defense giant BAE Systems has signed a 10-year exclusive agreement with Canadian company Cellula Robotics to continue working together on Herne, a new autonomous submarine developed specifically for military use.
FLANQ and developer of autonomous aerial systems CiS have formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deploy an integrated capability enabling the launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for a larger uncrewed underwater vehicle.
British defense company Kraken Technology and German shipbuilder NVL Group have formed an Anglo-German joint venture (JV) alliance to accelerate the development and scale production of autonomous surface vessel capabilities.
Gabler and FLANQ have entered into a strategic partnership to co-develop a new class of USVs specifically designed for submarine TTL.
US-based start-up Saronic Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to explore autonomous technologies for maritime applications.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has marked a traditional naval milestone with the christening of USX-1 Defiant, a ‘first-of-its-kind’ unmanned surface vessel (USV).
Euroatlas has partnered with compatriot automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to deliver next-generation autonomous underwater capability for coastal defense.
The US Coast Guard has completed comprehensive operational testing of Shield AI’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard its cutters USCGC Midgett and Stone.
FLANQ and the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), a research and innovation center for the blue economy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and deployment of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
Havelsan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cemre Shipyard, one of Turkey’s leading private shipyards, to work on hybrid and submersible autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs).
Oostende, the first mine countermeasures vessel in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program intended for the Belgian Navy, has completed sea trials with Exail’s mine hunting unmanned surface vessel (USV).
Exail has secured a new contract with a US-based global defense player to provide navigation systems for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
