Marine Unmanned Surface Systems (USV) News

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

Greensea Systems has developed a novel, hull-relative positioning system for use in a hull crawling robot designed and built by Armach Robotics

A full-stack solution consisting of a Valeport VA500 altimeter installed onto a HydroSurv REAV-28 USV provides a non-invasive, cost-effective platform to survey seagrass sites

Teledyne RD Instruments has announced a restructure of their distribution network in China to improve service for local customers

UST joined BAE Systems at Farnborough International Airshow to discuss some the challenges and opportunities with small Uncrewed Systems (sUS)

TotalEnergies has partnered with iXblue to demonstrate collaborative uncrewed capabilities for subsea inspection and asset survey operations

The joint talk will be held at Farnborough International Airshow on Wednesday 20th July at 11am (BAE Systems pavilion - Hall 5)

Based out of Texas, Jason Barfield’s focus will be on serving customers in the offshore energy sector throughout North America, South America, and Canada

Charles River Analytics is creating ROMAN (Real-Time Ortho-Mosaicking for Awareness and Navigation), a set of software components for creating real-time sea surface maps and detecting maritime objects

In partnership with Samskip B.V, Ocean Infinity will be building two new remotely-operated and autonomous-ready container vessels that will integrate hydrogen fuel cells, delivering up to 3.2 MW of power

Join military, academia and industry thought leaders at Unmanned Systems West and hear from government officials in San Diego, 29-30 September 2022

Synthetic Aperture Radar by IMSAR is supporting the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on Textron Systems’ Aerosonde unmanned aircraft flying over the East Baltic Sea region in support of national authorities in Finland, Estonia and Latvia