Defense giant Lockheed Martin has made a $50 million investment in Saildrone to integrate defense systems into the firm’s unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for use by the U.S. Navy.
France has taken delivery of Rigel, the second unmanned surface vessel (USV) under the Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) program.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched its first DEEP underwater drone system during a demonstration mission at the Naval Support and Experimentation Center of La Spezia.
Italian shipbuilding heavyweight Fincantieri has signed a strategic agreement with local start-up Defcomm to accelerate the development of autonomous surface units.
A joint Team has completed the first recovery of a second-generation unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) REMUS 620 into a Virginia-class submarine torpedo tube and shutterway test fixture
Provider of intelligent navigation solutions Zeabuz and Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Shipyards Group have launched a new defense and security autonomy platform during the Damen Maritime Festival.
US naval technology firm BlackSea Technologies has unveiled a new family of modular attack surface craft (MASC) unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC) has entered into a strategic tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) and Confucian Co., setting the stage for joint research, development, and co-production of next-generation smart
Eureka Naval Craft, Aircat Vessels, and classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) have signed an agreement to accelerate safe development of high-speed unmanned and autonomous surface vessels (USVs/ASVs) for both naval defense and offshore energy operations.
The SANCAR armed unmanned surface vehicle (AUSV), developed jointly by Havelsan and Yonca Shipyard, has completed live-fire trials in the Marmara Sea.
HII has introduced ROMULUS, a modular, AI-enabled family of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) powered by HII’s Odyssey autonomous control system (ACS) software suite.
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).
