UUV / AUV / ROV News

The latest UUV / AUV / ROV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Articles on unmanned submarines, subsea robotics, remotely operated vehicles, product launches and technological advances in UUV design and manufacture

Exail USBL System Acquired for Shallow Water Geophysical Surveys

Grandeur Subserv chose the Exail Gaps M5 USBL system to aid with shallow water nearshore operations on the Nigerian coast

Jan 12, 2023
Bayonet Ocean Vehicles Strengthens Team with Latest Appointment

Dylan Hess has joined the sales team as Sales Engineer, bringing years of experience as a field service technician in the autonomous underwater vehicle market

Jan 12, 2023
Registration Now Open for Ocean Business 2023 

Taking place in Southampton, April 18-20, Ocean Business 2023 will welcome more than 300 manufacturers and service providers as well as visitors from around the world

Jan 05, 2023
HII Selects Miniature Synthetic Aperture Sonar for REMUS 620 UUVs

Kraken Robotics’ AquaPix Miniature Synthetic Aperture Sonar system design makes it suitable for the REMUS 620’s modular payload and battery architecture

Dec 30, 2022
US Navy Demonstrates Large UUV Launch & Recovery System

The demonstration showed both a land-based launch and recovery approach and a new solution for launching large UUVs from amphibious ships

Dec 29, 2022
SubCtech Releases Subsea Energy Storage System 

According to SubCtech, its new underwater lithium ion battery storage system is currently the world’s largest and only Li-Ion battery for subsea applications

Dec 28, 2022
Over-the-Horizon Trial Performed with Hull Service ROV

The ROV was monitored and controlled from 600 miles away using a 4G modem providing over-the-air connectivity

Dec 22, 2022
Multi-Sensor AUV Selected by French Navy

The French Navy will use the Exail A18D to conduct experiments with a view to defining its future needs

Dec 20, 2022
Royal Canadian Navy Orders Remote Minehunting & Disposal Systems

Kraken Robotics' Remote Minehunting and Disposal Systems consist of two classes of AUVs equipped with Kraken’s AquaPix synthetic aperture sonar

Dec 13, 2022
Save the Date for Ocean Business 2023

The three-day show, taking place in Southampton, 18-20 April, will feature an international roll-call of ocean people, from technology pioneers, to game-changing manufacturers and innovative service providers

Dec 13, 2022
Oceanology International Americas 2023 Gains Momentum

Taking place 14-16 February 2023, OiA 2023 aims to unlock the innovations necessary to meet the needs of climate change adaptation, ocean health, the energy transition and market developments in the Blue Economy

Dec 09, 2022
UK Royal Navy Orders First Extra-Large Autonomous Unmanned Submarine

The 17-tonne Cetus will be the largest and most complex crewless submersible operated by European navies

Dec 07, 2022
Augmented and Virtual Reality Capabilities for ROV Operators

The suite of VR and AR interfaces are based on the Greensea OPENSEA open architecture platform and Blue Ring’s OctoView interface

Dec 05, 2022
Polish MoD Acquires Additional Gavia AUVs

The AUVs will gather high-resolution accurately navigated sonar images for mine countermeasures and search and salvage operations

Dec 02, 2022
Seatronics Confirms Sale of Reusable Mine Disposal ROVs

Elbit Systems has purchased two Seatronics Mine Identification and Detonation Solutions which are capable of detonating multiple charges acoustically using state-of-the-art technology without having to sacrifice themselves

Dec 02, 2022
Upgrade for US Navy UUV Autonomy Capabilities

SeeByte will upgrade the Neptune mission-level autonomy system, and develop Automatic Target Recognition modules as well as a bespoke training and simulation toolkit

Nov 30, 2022
HII Unveils New Medium-Class Multi-Mission UUV

The REMUS 620 has a battery life of up to 110 hours and a range of 275 nautical miles, and is ideal for mine countermeasures, hydrographic surveys, surveillance and more

Nov 09, 2022
Compact Deep-Water Imaging Sonar for ROVs & AUVs

Impact Subsea's ISS360HD offers a 1° acoustic angular resolution, 2.5mm range resolution and a distance measurement range in excess of 100 meters

Nov 04, 2022
World’s First Resident Subsea Drone Contract Awarded

Modus was awarded the contract by Equinor Energy for the autonomous deployment of a Saab Sabertooth underwater robot

Nov 04, 2022
MOSA-Based Encrypted Data Storage Solution Selected for Use on UUVs

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions will supply its Data Transport System 1 (DTS1) Network Attached Storage (NAS) device and Removable Memory Cartridge technologies for use on a Small-Class UUV deployment

Oct 26, 2022
iXblue and ECA Group to Operate Under New Joint Brand

The new alliance, Exail, is now a specialist in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies

Oct 20, 2022
Boxfish Introduces Autonomous ROV Capability

The capability to upgrade the Boxfish ROV platform to perform autonomous and semi-autonomous tasks aims to deliver better data, enhanced survey repetition and increased efficiency in underwater operations

Oct 19, 2022
Rotary-Wing UAS for Positioning ASW Sonobuoys

Ultra Maritime and UMS SKELDAR has received a contract to evaluate a medium-sized UAS based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solution for the Royal Canadian Navy

Oct 19, 2022
Autonomous Amphibious Response Vehicles Chosen for Rapid Prototyping

The DIU has chosen Greensea Systems and Nauticus Robotics to deliver prototype A2RVs capable of detecting, identifying, localizing, inspecting, and neutralizing explosive hazards from very shallow water through the surf zone to the beach exit

Oct 18, 2022
RTsys Announces AUVs Contract Delivery to the Slovenian Navy

RTsys delivers MCM (Mine CounterMeasures) ecosystem to the Slovenian Navy including the COMET-MCM AUV and two NEMOSENS micro-AUVs

Oct 14, 2022
Kongsberg to Provide AUVs & HiPAP Systems for Polish MCM Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime will supply three shipsets of its HUGIN AUV and related HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning) systems for the Polish Navy’s three new Komoran II class ships

Oct 14, 2022
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