Marine Unmanned Surface Systems (USV) News

The latest ASV / USV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Surface Vehicles. Articles on commercial and naval USV, military ASV, uncrewed surface vessels, product launches and technological advances in USV design and manufacture

GPASEABOTS Water Drone Tested in Barcelona
GPASEABOTS Water Drone Tested in Barcelona

GPASEABOTS’ SB 100 PRO is an agile, small-scale marine drone that can carry out all types of works, and claims to have some advantages over conventional unmanned surface vehicles

Mar 09, 2021
SBG Systems INS Integrated into Survey USV
SBG Systems INS Integrated into Survey USV

SBG Systems’ Navsight Apogee Marine GNSS-aided INS (inertial navigation system) has been selected for incorporation into an unmanned surface vessel...

Mar 08, 2021
Long-Endurance Autonomous USV Under Development for DARPA
Long-Endurance Autonomous USV Under Development for DARPA

L3Harris Technologies has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a new concept for...

Mar 05, 2021
Sensor Processing, Distribution and Display for USVs
Sensor Processing, Distribution and Display for USVs

Cambridge Pixel has released a whitepaper detailing how unmanned surface vessels (USVs) can use a variety of sensing technologies to...

Mar 03, 2021
New Autonomous USV Platform Demonstrated
New Autonomous USV Platform Demonstrated

L3Harris Technologies, in conjunction with partner Al Seer Marine, has demonstrated the maritime autonomous capabilities of a new USV (unmanned...

Feb 25, 2021
New USV Technologies Developed for Offshore Wind Industry
New USV Technologies Developed for Offshore Wind Industry

Sonardyne has partnered with USV (unmanned surface vessel) developer and operator HydroSurv Unmanned Survey in order to create new seabed-to-shore...

Feb 24, 2021
Case Study: Testing MEMS Inertial Sensors for USVs
Case Study: Testing MEMS Inertial Sensors for USVs

A case study has been released by the Marine Technology Business Centre (MTC) detailing the testing of Silicon Sensing Systems‘...

Feb 19, 2021
ASV Measures Climate Change on Great Barrier Reef
ASV Measures Climate Change on Great Barrier Reef

A WAM-V autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) manufactured by Marine Advanced Robotics has been used by the Australian Institute of Marine...

Feb 18, 2021
USV Conversion of RHIB Undertaken for EU Member Army
USV Conversion of RHIB Undertaken for EU Member Army

Autonomous technology developer Milanion Group, in partnership with maritime solutions provider Aegean Projects, has successfully undertaken the conversion of a...

Feb 16, 2021
Autonomy and Wireless-Helm Technology for Ship-Build Customers
Autonomy and Wireless-Helm Technology for Ship-Build Customers

Sea Machines’ autonomous and wireless-helm systems will be incorporated as standard features in Damen Shipyards Group’s global vessel build catalogue...

Feb 11, 2021
Inertial Labs MRU Integrated with Offshore Winch Drives
Inertial Labs MRU Integrated with Offshore Winch Drives

Inertial Labs’ Motion Reference Unit (MRU) has been selected by motion solutions and industrial robotics firm ABB for integration into...

Feb 10, 2021
SeeByte to Develop AI Software for Intelligent Ship Project
SeeByte to Develop AI Software for Intelligent Ship Project

SeeByte has been awarded a contract by the UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to provide artificial intelligence capabilities for...

Jan 29, 2021
Mine Countermeasure System Provided for Danish Navy USVs
Mine Countermeasure System Provided for Danish Navy USVs

Ultra Sonar Systems has partnered with Kraken Robotic Systems to support the delivery of Kraken’s SeaScout system to the Royal...

Jan 28, 2021
Autonomous USV Used for NOAA Survey
Autonomous USV Used for NOAA Survey

Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomous-command and remote-helm control system has been used by DEA Marine Services to convert its Sigsbee...

Jan 26, 2021
Drone & UGV Common Control System Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem
Drone & UGV Common Control System Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem

Tomahawk Robotics has joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of sensor and unmanned system companies that all utilize...

Jan 22, 2021
Autonomous Minesweeper USVs Under Development for Royal Navy
Autonomous Minesweeper USVs Under Development for Royal Navy

Atlas Elektronik UK has been awarded a contract to build three autonomous Combined Influence Minesweeping systems, also known as SWEEP,...

Jan 21, 2021
Sonardyne Acoustic & Inertial Technologies Selected for USV Fleet
Sonardyne Acoustic & Inertial Technologies Selected for USV Fleet

Sonardyne’s acoustic communication and inertial navigation technologies have been selected to support an environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, multi-role unmanned...

Dec 18, 2020
Data-Gathering and Communications USV Launched
Data-Gathering and Communications USV Launched

SeaTrac Systems has launched the SP-48, a persistent unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed to provide a flexible data-gathering and communications...

Dec 16, 2020
Autonomous Navigation System Successfully Completes Sea Trials
Autonomous Navigation System Successfully Completes Sea Trials

tpgroup’s patent pending autonomous navigation system, Northstar, has successfully completed its sea trials programme, demonstrating that it can safely navigate...

Dec 15, 2020
Dynautics Adds Hover Functionality to USV Autopilot
Dynautics Adds Hover Functionality to USV Autopilot

Dynautics has upgraded its E-Boat autopilot module for USVs (unmanned surface vessels) with the addition of hover functionality, which allows...

Nov 30, 2020
Sea Trials Program for tpgroup’s Autonomous Navigation System
Sea Trials Program for tpgroup’s Autonomous Navigation System

tpgroup’s patent pending Northstar (N*) autonomous navigation system will conclude a 4 week sea trails programme in December 2020. This...

Nov 30, 2020
Research Conducted for DARPA NOMARS USV
Research Conducted for DARPA NOMARS USV

Gibbs & Cox’s DLBA naval architecture and marine engineering division has been selected to support DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO)...

Nov 29, 2020
New ASV for Professional Surveying Unveiled
New ASV for Professional Surveying Unveiled

SeaRobotics Corporation (SRC) has unveiled the company’s next-generation utility-class ASV (autonomous surface vessel), the SR-Utility 3.0. This new unmanned vessel...

Nov 24, 2020
Ocean Infinity Expands Armada USV Fleet
Ocean Infinity Expands Armada USV Fleet

Marine robotics operator Ocean Infinity has begun the expansion of its Armada fleet of USVs (unmanned surface vessels) and AUVs...

Nov 23, 2020
Euronaval 2020 Online Exhibition Report
Euronaval 2020 Online Exhibition Report

The Euronaval 2020 naval defense exhibition took place entirely digitally for the first time in the show’s history, featuring 7...

Nov 16, 2020
Hydronalix Develops Advanced USVs & Water Rescue Robots
Hydronalix Develops Advanced USVs & Water Rescue Robots

Hydronalix, a leading developer of advanced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and Safety, Security & Rescue Robotics (SSRR), has partnered with...

Nov 10, 2020
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