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 Machines Develops Autonomous Control System for Commercial Marine Vessels

Sea Machines Robotics has announced the availability of the Sea Machines 300, an Autonomous Control System for commercial marine vessels....

Dec 21, 2017
H-Scientific Integrates Autopilot System with WAM-V Catamaran

H-Scientific Ltd., a technology provider for the autonomous marine market, has announced that, working in conjunction with Marine Advanced Research...

Dec 18, 2017
Kongsberg Maritime Establishes Autonomous Shipping Test-Bed

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it has opened an official autonomous shipping test-bed in Horten, on the coast of Norway....

Dec 07, 2017
UK Ship Register Signs First Autonomous Vessel

ASV Global has announced that the UK Ship Register (UKSR) has signed a C-Worker autonomous vessel to the flag, marking...

Dec 07, 2017
Seafloor-Mapping USV Competes for Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it has supported the GEBCO-NF (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans-Nippon Foundation) Alumni Team, one...

Nov 28, 2017
ASV Adds Autonomous Capabilities to Hydrographic Survey Vessel

ASV Global has announced that it has converted a 26ft hydrographic survey launch to enable it to operate autonomously using...

Nov 24, 2017
Tuco Marine Adds Autonomous Control Option to Workboats

Sea Machines Robotics has announced a collaboration with Tuco Marine of Denmark to offer remote and autonomous control products as...

Nov 21, 2017
ASV Global Delivers New Autonomous Surface Vessel for Survey & Research

ASV Global has announced the latest addition to its C-Cat family of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), the C-Cat 3. The...

Nov 10, 2017
ASV Introduces New Unmanned Surface Vessel for Extended Operations

ASV Global has announced that it has developed a prototype of its newest unmanned surface vessel (USV), the C-Worker 12P....

Nov 07, 2017
iXblue Announces New Multipurpose Autonomous USV

iXblue, a developer of solutions for the Geosciences, Offshore Energies and Defense markets, has announced the launch of DriX, the...

Nov 04, 2017
ASV Global and TerraSond Complete First USV-Supported Cable Route Survey

ASV Global and TerraSond have announced that the two companies have completed the first ever seabed cable route survey supported...

Oct 13, 2017
Yamaha Motor Unveils Agricultural USV

Yamaha Motor has unveiled the company’s new Water Strider unmanned surface vessel (USV), designed for remotely controlled herbicide spraying work...

Oct 12, 2017
Article: Key Factors to Make Autonomous Shipping a Reality

According to ASV Global’s (ASV) expert autonomous systems developers, there are three elements that hold the key to making autonomous...

Oct 02, 2017
Hov Pod Introduces Unmanned All-Terrain and Amphibious Hovercraft

Hov Pod has announced that it has developed what it claims is the world’s first unmanned hovercraft. Unlike many conventional...

Sep 30, 2017
Thales to Develop New UK Facilities For Unmanned Systems Test & Training

Thales has announced that, following successful trials during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise in 2016, the company is now...

Sep 29, 2017
MAP Marine Technologies to Launch New USV Conversion Kit

MAP Marine Technologies (MAP-Tech) has announced that the company will be launching a new and improved second generation of its...

Sep 25, 2017
Rolls-Royce Unveils Plans for Long-Range Autonomous Naval Vessel

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has revealed plans for an autonomous naval vessel with a range of 3500 nautical miles....

Sep 22, 2017
Al Marakeb Develops Autonomous Cleaning Boat

UAE-based Al Marakeb Boat Manufacturing Company has integrated its MAP Pro autopilot guidance system, into boats that have been designed...

Sep 19, 2017
BAE Systems Adds Autonomous Capabilities to MCM System

BAE Systems has announced NAUTIS 5, the latest version of its flagship Mine Counter Measures (MCM) system, at the Defence...

Sep 18, 2017
Liquid Robotics Announces Next Generation of Wave Glider USV

Liquid Robotics has announced the next generation of the company’s unmanned surface vehicle (USV) Wave Glider with advancements to the...

Sep 15, 2017
Cambridge Pixel and ASV Global Create USVs with Enhanced Situational Awareness

Cambridge Pixel, a developer of radar display, tracking and recording sub-systems, has announced that it is supplying its radar tracking...

Sep 05, 2017
Oceanalpha Develops Unmanned Surface Vessels for Marine Monitoring & Surveying

Oceanalpha, a leading developer of autonomous and unmanned surface vessels (USVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate...

Sep 04, 2017
ECA Group Adds Wireless Comms Capabilities to USV

ECA Group has announced that it has extended the capabilities of its INSPECTOR MK2 Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to provide...

Aug 30, 2017
Leidos Demos New Unmanned Surface Vessel Technologies

Leidos has announced that it has demonstrated new unmanned maritime capabilities at the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX...

Aug 22, 2017
Embry-Riddle to Research Advanced Unmanned Surface Vessel Capabilities

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that it has been awarded a five-year, $900,000 research grant by the U.S. Office of...

Jul 19, 2017
BAE to Develop UK’s First Maritime Autonomous Systems Testing Service

BAE Systems has announced that it has been awarded a grant of £457,000 by the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)...

Jul 17, 2017
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