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

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

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

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

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

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’ 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 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

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

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

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

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’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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 10, 2020
NOAA Selects DriX USV for Next-Generation Ocean Exploration

The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), has purchased iXblue’s DriX...

Nov 05, 2020
Maritime Defense and Security USV Tested

UTEK has performed sea trials with its new USV (unmanned surface vessel) for maritime security and defense applications, the Kaluga...

Oct 26, 2020
Armed USV Prototype Developed in Turkey

Meteksan Defense, in conjunction with Ares Shipyard in Antalya, Turkey, has launched a new Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) program,...

Oct 20, 2020
OceanAlpha Unveils New Multi-Purpose USVs

OceanAlpha has launched two new multi-purpose autonomous marine unmanned surface vessels (USVs), designed specifically to overcome various technical limitations currently...

Oct 20, 2020
DTC MANET Mesh Radios Selected for Royal Navy USVs

DTC Communications’ (DTC) Phase 4 MANET (Mobile Ad Hoc Networking) mesh radio has been selected by BAE Systems as the...

Oct 12, 2020
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