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

QinetiQ to Demonstrate Integration of Unmanned Systems into Royal Navy Operations

QinetiQ has announced that it has been awarded a £1m contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide...

May 05, 2016
DARPA Unveils ACTUV Autonomous Technology Demonstration Vessel

DARPA has announced that it has completed the prototype technology demonstration vessel developed and built through the Agency’s Anti-Submarine Warfare...

Apr 14, 2016
Klein Mine Hunting Sonar Tested on Elbit Seagull USV

Klein Marine Systems, a developer of sonar systems, has announced that its 5900 mine hunting side scan sonar system was...

Mar 24, 2016
Rolls-Royce Reveals Future Unmanned Vessel Control Centre

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has unveiled its vision of land-based control centres for remotely monitoring and controlling future unmanned...

Mar 22, 2016
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider USVs Reach One Million Nautical Miles at Sea

Liquid Robotics, a developer of wave and solar powered ocean robots, has announced that its fleets of Wave Gliders have...

Mar 09, 2016
SeeByte and ASV to Develop Next Generation of Adaptive Autonomous Systems

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems and ASV, leading supplier of Unmanned and Autonomous...

Mar 08, 2016
Kraken to Provide Sonar System for Elbit Seagull USV

Kraken Sonar Inc., a developer of Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) technology, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems...

Feb 23, 2016
Elbit Systems Introduces Seagull Unmanned Surface Vehicle Maritime Warfare System

Elbit Systems, a defense technology firm, has announced the launch of Seagull, the company’s newest offering in the unmanned platform...

Feb 08, 2016
Atlas Elektronik UK Delivers USV to German Navy

Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK), a provider of defense technology solutions, has announced that it has successfully delivered an ARCIMS multi-role...

Jan 27, 2016
Thales and ASV Sign Agreement to Develop Autonomous USV Technology

After successful trials on Halcyon Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), Thales and ASV strengthen their partnership. Both companies have signed an...

Jan 25, 2016
Curtiss-Wright and Geospectrum Technologies to Develop Sonar System for USVs

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has announced that its Indal Technologies business unit is collaborating with GeoSpectrum Technologies, a developer of...

Jan 20, 2016
Ocean Aero’s Submaran UUSV Wins Innovative New Product Award

Ocean Aero, a developer of autonomous ocean systems, has announced that the Submaran™ unmanned underwater and surface vessel (UUSV), has...

Jan 05, 2016
Sea Machines Announces V2 Heavy-Duty Autonomous Workboat

Sea Machines, a developer of unmanned offshore vessels, has announced the release of the V2, a heavy-duty autonomous workboat built...

Dec 04, 2015
Marine Robotics Innovation Centre Opens at National Oceanography Centre

NERC, a UK environmental science agency, has announced that a new Marine Robotics Innovation Centre has been opened at its...

Nov 26, 2015
QinetiQ to Develop Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Control System

QinetiQ, an aerospace and defense company, has announced that it has secured a £4.2m contract with the UK’s Defence Science and...

Nov 24, 2015
Raytheon Completes Sonar for DARPA Unmanned Anti-Submarine Vessel

Raytheon Company has announced that it has completed delivery of its latest Modular Scalable Sonar System (MS3), a hull-mounted sonar system, for...

Nov 19, 2015
Embry-Riddle Wins RoboBoat Competition with Velodyne 3D LiDAR Sensor

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that for the second year running it has taken first place in the annual RoboBoat...

Nov 04, 2015
Teledyne RESON Introduces SeaBat T50‐P Sonar Echosounder

Teledyne RESON, a provider of hydrographic sonar solutions, has announced the launch of its new ultra‐high resolution, portable multibeam echosounder,...

Oct 21, 2015
BAE Systems & ASV Demonstrate New Unmanned Naval Boat Technology

Unmanned technology with the potential to change the face of naval operations within a decade has successfully been demonstrated for...

Oct 15, 2015
ASV To Develop Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System

Recognised as a world leader in the provision of autonomous surface vehicles, ASV has been enlisted as part of the...

Sep 15, 2015
TerraSond completes first NOAA U.S. Charting Survey using ASV

The first use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to perform bathymetry for updating the U.S. nautical charts for NOAA...

Aug 19, 2015
SeeByte Delivers Glider Fleet Management Software to National Oceanography Centre

SeeByte, a developer of software for unmanned maritime systems, has announced that it has successfully provided the UK’s National Oceanography Centre...

Aug 04, 2015
SeeByte, ASV and UK Marine Biological Association to Carry Out Autonomous Ocean Research

SeeByte, a developer of maritime systems software, ASV, a manufacturer of Unmanned Marine Systems, and the Marine Biological Association of...

Jul 23, 2015
ICARUS Unmanned Maritime Search and Rescue System Demonstrated in Portugal

The NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has announced that, along with its project partners from nine different...

Jul 20, 2015
ASV Completes Unmanned Marine Monitoring in Gulf of Mexico

ASV, a manufacturer of unmanned marine systems, has announced that the company has finished conducting 10 days of Passive Acoustic...

Jul 17, 2015
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