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

Oceanalpha Develops Unmanned Surface Vessels for Marine Monitoring & Surveying
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 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 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 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 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
ASV Global USV Monitors Marine Mammals in Gulf of Mexico
ASV Global USV Monitors Marine Mammals in Gulf of Mexico

ASV Global has announced that it has participated in the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center’s LADC-GEMM consortium summer expedition to the...

Jul 03, 2017
Elbit Demonstrates Seagull USV Mine Counter-Measure Capabilities
Elbit Demonstrates Seagull USV Mine Counter-Measure Capabilities

Elbit Systems has announced that its Multi-Mission USV Seagull has participated in the bi-national MCM (Mine Counter-Measure) trials for unmanned...

Jun 29, 2017
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Unmanned Mine-Hunting System
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Unmanned Mine-Hunting System

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has successfully demonstrated unmanned mine-hunting capabilities using its high-speed AQS-24B sensor. The demonstration took...

Jun 19, 2017
ASV Global Research Project Trials Integrated AUV-ASV
ASV Global Research Project Trials Integrated AUV-ASV

ASV Global has announced that it is leading a collaborative research project called Autonomous Surface and Sub-surface Survey System (ASSSS),...

Jun 19, 2017
Long-Endurance USV Operated via Satellite Link
Long-Endurance USV Operated via Satellite Link

ASV Global has announced that its long-endurance autonomous surface vessel Thomas has embarked on a mission off Scotland out to...

Jun 08, 2017
ECA Group Tests Towed Side Scan Sonar System on USV
ECA Group Tests Towed Side Scan Sonar System on USV

ECA Group has announced that it has successfully tested its new TOWSCA Towed Side Scan Sonar system on board one...

May 26, 2017
Yara and Kongsberg to Build Autonomous Zero Emissions Ship
Yara and Kongsberg to Build Autonomous Zero Emissions Ship

Yara and Kongsberg have announced that the two companies have entered into a partnership to build the vessel “Yara Birkeland”,...

May 19, 2017
MAP Marine Technologies Develops Autonomous Navigation Solutions for USVs
MAP Marine Technologies Develops Autonomous Navigation Solutions for USVs

MAP Marine Technologies, a developer of innovative autonomous marine navigation solutions for the unmanned surface vessel (USV) market, has partnered...

Apr 21, 2017
Textron Systems Provides U.S. Navy with Mine-Hunting USVs
Textron Systems Provides U.S. Navy with Mine-Hunting USVs

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that it has received a $14.8 million contract to provide two additional fourth-generation Common...

Apr 03, 2017
Atlas Elektronik UK Integrates Seebyte Software onto USV Mission System
Atlas Elektronik UK Integrates Seebyte Software onto USV Mission System

SeeByte, a developer of smart software technology for unmanned systems, and ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK), a specialist in delivery of...

Feb 28, 2017
Textron Begins Testing of Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Textron Begins Testing of Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has begun on-water testing of its fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV), supporting the U.S. Navy’s...

Jan 14, 2017
VideoRay and Elbit Systems Develop Satellite Control for ROV Aboard USV
VideoRay and Elbit Systems Develop Satellite Control for ROV Aboard USV

Elbit Systems and VideoRay have announced that technical teams from the two companies have worked together to complete successful tests...

Dec 30, 2016
US Navy Tests Autonomous Swarmboats
US Navy Tests Autonomous Swarmboats

The U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that it has recently tested autonomous unmanned swarming boats in a...

Dec 19, 2016
Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics
Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics

Boeing has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Liquid Robotics, a developer of autonomous maritime systems...

Dec 07, 2016
DARPA’s Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel Undergoes Testing
DARPA’s Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel Undergoes Testing

Leidos has announced that it is beginning operational testing of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the Defense...

Nov 30, 2016
Automated Ships and Kongsberg to Build Autonomous USV for Offshore Operations
Automated Ships and Kongsberg to Build Autonomous USV for Offshore Operations

Automated Ships Ltd and Kongsberg Maritime have announced that the two firms have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build...

Nov 03, 2016
Unmanned Surface Vehicles Successfully Detect & Track Live Submarine
Unmanned Surface Vehicles Successfully Detect & Track Live Submarine

Liquid Robotics and Boeing have announced that the two firms have used a network of persistent unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)...

Oct 31, 2016
Juliet Marine Systems to Construct Submersible Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Juliet Marine Systems to Construct Submersible Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Juliet Marine Systems, Inc. has announced plans to construct Guardian, a submersible unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is a variation...

Oct 28, 2016
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates AQS-24B Mine Hunting System
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates AQS-24B Mine Hunting System

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the AQS-24B mine hunting system at the Royal Navy-sponsored Unmanned Warrior...

Oct 28, 2016
ASV Global Completes 1000 Days of Unmanned Surface Vehicle Operations
ASV Global Completes 1000 Days of Unmanned Surface Vehicle Operations

  ASV Global, a manufacturer of autonomous surface vehicles, has announced that it has reached the landmark of 1000 days...

Oct 26, 2016
UK and France Launch Next Phase of Maritime Mine Counter Measures Program
UK and France Launch Next Phase of Maritime Mine Counter Measures Program

The UK Ministry of Defence and its French counterpart have announced the launch of the next phase of a £117...

Oct 23, 2016
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