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

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
ARA to Provide Unmanned Vessels for Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center

Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA), an international research and engineering company, has announced that it has been awarded a $130.8...

Jul 10, 2015
Rolls-Royce to Lead €6.6 Million Autonomous Ship Research Project

Rolls-Royce has announced that it is to lead a new €6.6 million project that could pave the way for autonomous...

Jul 03, 2015
Liquid Robotics Wins World Ocean Innovation Challenge

Liquid Robotics, a manufacturer of unmanned ocean robots, has announced that it has been chosen by The Economist as the...

Jun 05, 2015
Atlas Elektronik UK Awarded £13M Contract for Minesweeper USVs

Atlas Elektronik UK, a provider of technology solutions to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), has announced that it has...

May 26, 2015
Liquid Robotics Announces Partner Program for Unmanned Ocean Technology

Liquid Robotics, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned ocean robots, has announced the Liquid Robotics Open Oceans Partner Program, a global...

May 08, 2015
ASV Delivers C-Enduro USV to Heriot-Watt University

ASV today announced the delivery of a C-Enduro Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus. Current plans for...

Apr 15, 2015
MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Announces New 5m AutoNaut USV

MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd, a leading supplier of autonomous wave propelled vessels, have launched the brand new 5m AutoNaut design...

Apr 14, 2015
SeeByte Completes Phase 1 of Adaptive Autonomous Ocean Sampling Networks SBRI Call

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, is pleased to announce that Phase 1 of...

Apr 02, 2015
DARPA Issues RFI for Sensor Technologies for ACTUV Unmanned Surface Vessel

DARPA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) comply...

Mar 27, 2015
ASV Awarded Maritime Autonomy R&D Funding

ASV Ltd., a manufacturer of unmanned marine systems, has announced that it has been awarded funding in partnership with nine...

Mar 24, 2015
Sparton Hydrophone Used to Create Acoustic System for Maritime RobotX Challenge

Sparton, a manufacturer of navigation solutions, has announced that its NavEx PHOD-1 Hydrophone was used to create an acoustic sensor...

Mar 19, 2015
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