Slocum Sentinel Glider Unveiled
Teledyne Webb Research will debut the new Slocum Sentinel Glider at Oceanology International, an autonomous underwater vessel 13 inches in diameter, over 8 feet long, and with a standard glide speed of 0.75 knots
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Strategic Partnership Formed to Propel Maritime Technology Advancements
Ocean Aero’s Triton provides a tangible & dynamic hardware-software solution to many maritime concerns in Saudi Arabia, including defense, offshore oil and gas, and the environment
SailBuoy USVs to Use NBOSI CT Sensors
NBOSI’s sensors cater to autonomous underwater and surface ocean vehicles, measuring ocean parameters, tracking oil spills, and acting as a communication relay for subsea instrumentation
Team Arrives in Antarctica for ULTRA UAV Testing
Designed for extreme environments like Antarctica, the Windracers ULTRA UAV is a fully autonomous, twin-engine, 10m fixed-winged aircraft, capable of carrying 100kg up to 1000km
OEM Camera Module Released for Optical-Gas-Imaging
Teledyne FLIR has introduced the Neutrino LC OGI mid-wave infrared imaging module to provide rapid leak detection of methane and other hydrocarbons in a SWaP-optimized package suited to drone integration
Meteomatics Closes Funding for Weather Drones
To forecast weather in the mid & lower atmosphere at a high degree of precision, the company collects data using its Meteodrones, weather drones capable of flying up to 20,000ft
Vanilla UAS Flies for NASA in Greenland
Platform Aerospace tested environmental hardening technologies to operate the Vanilla UAV in subfreezing conditions, such as testing an anti‐icing coating on the propeller
Innovative Fuel Cell Design Achieved Through Collaboration
Intelligent Energy is 'Powering the Hydrogen Future' with high-efficiency fuel cell innovations developed on Rescale
Water Quality Monitored with Electric Drones
Skyports Drone Services and Makutu have completed test flights for a drone inspection service to monitor quality of river and coastal water, and are now launching a pilot study with Northumbrian Water
Uncrewed Meteorological Observation Ship Begins Long-Endurance Voyage
The China-made uncrewed weather vessel’s first voyage was 110 nautical miles and lasted 16 hours, with a total potential endurance of 400 nautical miles
NOAA Collaboration to Equip NemoSens Micro AUV with SwordFish Imaging Payload
NCCOS, RTsys and Arctic Rays join forces to better understand our oceans, mitigate climate change and protect marine life
1,800m Deep Sensor Data Successfully Recovered
AutoNaut’s USV remotely collected data from the Sonardyne Fetch AZA BPR, changing how oceanographic data is collected and reducing reliance on ships for deep sea fieldwork
Measuring Global Ocean Currents using BPRs
SAMS has deployed the two deep-sea BPRs, one in the north-east Atlantic and one in the Labrador Sea, to record regular changes in sea surface height
Monarch Conservation Software Platform Launched
POLLi supports data collection and analysis by utilizing automated drone operations for image collection, and utilizing machine-learning cloud computing for object detection
First Collocated Drone Mission into a Hurricane
The first Black Swift Technologies’ S0 drone launch into a hurricane, along with other instruments and technology, has collected data on how storms form, build, and intensify
New AutoNaut USV Unveiled
The sensors on board the AutoNaut USVs will provide scientists at BMS with humidity, conductivity, temperature, depth, wind and wave data to assist with Hurricane tracking
Greensea IQ Hull Management Service Launched
The EverClean IQ System harnesses data collected during cleaning operations, aided by the robot’s highly accurate hull relative navigation system
Hurricane Research to be Transformed by Teledyne Gliders
Over 1,100 Teledyne Marine Slocum AUVs have been deployed worldwide, equipped with sensors to measure various ocean parameters, including temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents
Transport Canada SFOC Granted to Support Wildfire Suppression
Draganfly has been granted the Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificate for wildfire suppression operations, authorizing BVLOS drone operations at altitudes exceeding 400 feet
Collaboration to Develop Advanced Subsea LiDAR System
The partnership between Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and 3D at Depth aims to create the next generation of subsea lidar technology that can generate detailed high-resolution maps of underwater features
Saildrones Deployed for Hurricane Season
In total, 12 Saildrone Explorers will be deployed throughout the mission, storm chasing in the Tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to study why some relatively mild tropical storms rapidly intensify into major hurricanes
CAMCOPTER S-100 Supports Emission Monitoring & Maritime Surveillance for EMSA in France
The S-100 is equipped with a Trakka TC-300 EO/IR sensor, an Explicit Mini Sniffer for emission monitoring, a Becker Avionics BD406 Emergency Beacon Locator, an Automatic Identification System receiver and a Mode-S Transponder ADSB out
USAF Funds Development of Rugged Backpack Drone & Fire Spotting Software
Under contract with the USAF, WingXpand will ruggedize its 7ft backpackable aircraft and develop AI software that supports the early detection and mitigation of wildfires
EMSA Employs UAS to Monitor Ship Emissions in the North Sea
Embarked on board the patrol vessel Bamberg, Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 is being used to monitor commercial ship emissions within the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Drone-Based Micro-Weather Service Launched
Meteomatics autonomous flight system will collect real-time weather data to fill gaps in visibility into local weather phenomena from GrandSKY aviation park in North Dakota
Advancing Airborne Surveying for Coastal Management in the Philippines
RASA Surveying’s approach synchronizes current photogrammetry and LiDAR practices with the bathymetric data collection capabilities of the TOPODRONE AQUAMAPPER
