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

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
Sea Machines Selected for DoD Replenishment Vessels

Sea Machines Robotics’ autonomous command and control technology for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) has been selected by the U.S. Department...

Oct 10, 2020
SeeByte deliver step change in linking underwater autonomy and communications

SeeByte, a global leader in developing smart software solutions for unmanned maritime systems have successfully linked autonomy and communications to...

Oct 08, 2020
U.S. Coast Guard R&D Center Acquires New Autonomous Vessel

Sea Machines Robotics has partnered with shipbuilder Metal Shark Boats to supply the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)’s Research and Development...

Sep 30, 2020
iXblue Navigation Technology Selected for Mayflower Autonomous Ship

iXblue’s navigation technology has been selected by marine research organization ProMare for incorporation into the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), providing...

Sep 26, 2020
Lockheed Martin Begins Large USV Study for US Navy

Lockheed Martin will undertake a study for the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) competition centred around a design...

Sep 17, 2020
AI-Powered Software Supports USV Seabed Survey Mission

Teledyne CARIS’ Mira AI cloud platform and CARIS Onboard software have been used to enable onboard autonomous survey and real-time...

Sep 13, 2020
USV Conducts Bathymetric Surveys in Salt Lake

OceanAlpha’s ME120 unmanned surface vessel (USV) has been used to conduct bathymetric surveys in a high-salinity lake as part of...

Sep 06, 2020
GNSS-Aided INS Integrated into Autonomous Hydrographic USV

SBG Systems’ Ekinox2-D dual-antenna GNSS-aided INS (Inertial Navigation System) has been integrated into Poland’s first autonomous hydrographic USV (unmanned surface...

Aug 25, 2020
US Navy Medium USV Program Prototype Under Development

The U.S. Navy has contracted L3Harris Technologies to develop a prototype for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) program, the...

Aug 22, 2020
Forward Looking Sonar System Provides Underwater Situational Awareness for USVs

Wavefront has launched a new long-range, forward-looking sonar (FLS) designed to provide seaborne obstacle avoidance for unmanned surface vessels (USVs)....

Aug 22, 2020
USVs to Conduct Unmanned River Delta Survey

Seafloor Systems has been contracted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop two custom HydroCat-180 unmanned surface vessels (USVs)...

Aug 21, 2020
SeeByte and MIT successfully combine autonomy engines for best of breed “system of systems”

SeeByte and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully combined SeeByte’s Neptune autonomy engine with MIT’s MOOS-IVP during the...

Aug 18, 2020
SPECTRE Autopilot Integrated into Hydrographic Survey USV

Dynautics’ SPECTRE autopilot has been integrated into a USV (unmanned surface vessel) developed by CEE HydroSystems to meet customer demand...

Aug 04, 2020
USV Performs Multibeam Mapping of River Terrain

OceanAlpha’s ME120 autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) has been used to perform an underwater topographic survey of the Qiankun Bay...

Aug 01, 2020
Maritime Autonomy and Radar Systems Integrated into U.S. Navy ASV

Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) and Cambridge Pixel have collaborated to provide integration of innovative maritime autonomy and radar technologies for...

Jul 29, 2020
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