Marine Unmanned Surface Systems (USV) News

The new alliance, Exail, is now a specialist in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies

Couach has unveiled the shipyard's first unmanned surface vessel the MAGELLAN USV at Euronaval 2022

Advanced cyber technology under development will be resistant to quantum-based cyber attacks and will be able to secure connected devices found in autonomous surface ships

The Mimer SoftRadio system allows users to turn any PC into a remote radio dispatcher console, using the Internet or LAN/WAN to send and receive audio data

Sentient Vision Systems report more than 10 separate proof of performance programme and evaluation initiatives currently in place with maritime defense organizations

Along the way, viewers had the chance to watch the milestone moment live from The Machines Odyssey’s dashboard, which streams video and vessel data 24/7 directly from the boat

Chess Dynamics has launched a next generation, digital, electro-optical surveillance system (EOSS) featuring Vision4ce’s Vision Tracking CHARM modules

The exercise aimed to explore the use of unmanned and artificial intelligence-based systems to enhance the maritime monitoring tasks of crewed ships and operators deployed ashore

OceanAlpha has developed and demonstrated the M75 unmanned surface vessel solution for Chinese Oil and Gas Company CNOOC

Elbit Systems UK demonstrated its Seagull USV and its Mine Countermeasure toolbox sub-systems under operational conditions involving key environmental variables such as differing depths, currents and tidal streams

Princeton University has selected the SeaTrac SP-48 Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to monitor deep seafloor tectonic plate movement with an innovative seafloor geodesy system

USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13), constructed by Austal USA, has successfully completed acceptance trials, including the demonstration of technology that will enable unmanned operations and autonomous missions

SAE Media Group has announced its attendees for the Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA Conference taking place in Arlington, VA, September 28-29, 2022

The partnership means that the Surveyor USV, developed and designed by Saildrone, will be manufactured exclusively by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama

The new system is designed to improve communication and understanding between operators and vehicles

Despite supply chain issues affecting the defense industry, Textron Systems finished the Cottonmouth ARV prototype four months after the Critical Design Review that took place in April 2022

The agency selected Serco’s Defiant design to move forward into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, which seeks to build and demonstrate a new Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV)

The Shawo Police Station of Weihai Maritime Police Detachment deployed OceanAlpha’s Dolphin 1 Remote-Controlled Lifebuoy to rescue a teenage boy who had been swept 100 meters out to sea

The Foss Maritime Company harbor tug will first leverage the Sea Machines SM300 autonomy system for routine transit and stand-by operations, and then trial remote piloting from a shore-based command center

Bollinger Shipyards has partnered with HII Unmanned Systems and Raytheon Technologies to deliver three Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) to the U.S. Navy

Saildrone’s Explorer Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) will collect data to improve fish counts, monitor environmental health, and help to protect native fish species

Fairbanks Morse Defense and DECK Marine Systems will co-develop an intelligent Launch and Recovery System (LARS) for use with unmanned marine vehicles

The company’s off-the-shelf SPx Server and SPx Fusion modules are being employed to control the unmanned P24 RIB’s radar, carry out plot extraction, target tracking and fusion of radar tracks with AIS tracks

Dynautics developed an interface that communicated with the vessel’s two electric motors and monitored the battery bank and generator

SEA-KIT International’s USV gained data and imagery that the company hopes will fill gaps in the current understanding and knowledge of the seamount and water above it

The research is part of PORTS4ALL, a project with the goal of restoring marine ecosystems in port facilities, improving sustainability through digital tools