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

Copenhagen Subsea Develops Electric Underwater Thrusters & ROVs

The company's powerful underwater electric thrusters are ideal for ROVs, AUVs and USVs, and the Gorilla ROV is designed for challenging missions in harsh underwater environments

Mar 08, 2022
Autonomous Underwater Resident Vehicle to be Used by Amsterdam’s Museum of the Canals

The Autonomous Underwater Resident Vehicle (ARV-i), developed by Boxfish Research and powered by Transmark Subsea, will be used to create...

Mar 03, 2022
Remote Wireless UXO Clearance Capability Developed

Sonardyne has introduced a new secure wireless system for safe and efficient unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance, intended for applications such...

Feb 18, 2022
USV-Based Subsea Inspection Solution for Offshore Windfarms

Voyis has confirmed that it has been selected as project leader for the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and...

Feb 09, 2022
Airmar Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Airmar Technology Corporation is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a designer, developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art ultrasonic transducers and sensor...

Feb 08, 2022
New Add-Ons for FIFISH V6 EXPERT ROV

The latest iteration of the award-winning FIFISH V6 series underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from QYSEA Technology is now equipped...

Feb 02, 2022
Gavia AUVs Provided to Maritime Survey Operator

Teledyne Marine has confirmed that maritime data collection and management company Terradepth has acquired three Teledyne Marine Gavia autonomous underwater...

Feb 01, 2022
DARPA Grant Accelerates AUV Commercialization

Dive Technologies, Inc. has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI). The goal...

Feb 01, 2022
Vision-Based Navigation for AUVs

Voyis has released the following article, written by CEO Chris Gilson, explaining how improved vision-based navigation technologies will elevate the...

Jan 31, 2022
Combined USV & AUV Capability Demonstrated

iXblue has partnered with energy provider TotalEnergies to demonstrate collaborative unmanned vehicle capabilities for subsea inspection and asset survey operations,...

Jan 26, 2022
Command, Control & Communication for Remote Underwater Assets

Sonardyne has released an article highlighting how the company’s Mini-Ranger 2 USBL system can be used from a USV (unmanned...

Jan 24, 2022
Synthetic Aperture Sonar Provided for Deep-Sea AUV

iXblue has provided Ifremer (the French Research Institute for Ocean Science) with a synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) to be installed...

Jan 20, 2022
Teledyne CARIS Offers Remote Hydrographic Data Software Training

Teledyne CARIS has confirmed that it is now offering comprehensive remote training sessions for the company’s HIPS and SIPS hydrographic...

Jan 19, 2022
RTsys Delivers Underwater Instrument Module

RTsys, in conjunction with Ifremer (the French National Institute for Ocean Science), has developed an underwater instrument module designed to...

Jan 13, 2022
US Navy Conducts Underwater Explosion Shock Test on UISS

The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has announced the successful completion of Underwater Explosion (UNDEX)...

Jan 12, 2022
Successful AI Autonomy Testing for Navy Uncrewed Submarine

VIZGARD’s FortifAI was deployed on the Royal Navy’s eXtra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vessel (XLUUV) to successfully trial its autonomy-enabling capabilities

Jan 01, 2022
Contracts Awarded for DARPA Manta Ray UUV Program Phase 2

DARPA has awarded contracts for Phase 2 of its Manta Ray program, which aims to demonstrate innovative technologies that will...

Dec 29, 2021
Autonomous Mobile Surface Station for AUVs

RTSys has partnered with IM-Solutions and IES (Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes) to develop CEMAS (Continuous Environmental Monitoring At Sea),...

Dec 17, 2021
Marine Simulation for UUVs & AUVs

Dynautics has released the following article detailing how AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) and UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle) developers can benefit...

Dec 17, 2021
SubCtech Develops Subsea Batteries & Marine Monitoring Systems

SubCtech, a leading developer of ocean monitoring systems and subsea power technologies, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

Dec 09, 2021
Sonardyne USBL System Selected for DoD Underwater Tracking

Sonardyne’s portable Micro-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) system has been selected by undersea systems specialist Advanced Acoustic Concepts for incorporation...

Dec 07, 2021
Blue Robotics Expands WetLink Penetrator Range

Blue Robotics has expanded its range of WetLink Penetrators (WLPs) with the release of additional sizes. The WLP is a...

Dec 01, 2021
ROV Navigation & Positioning Software Deployed for Subsea Construction

Sonardyne’s Fusion 2 navigation and positioning software has been deployed by geo-data insights firm UTEC to support the latest phase...

Nov 30, 2021
Saab Underwater Robots Join Ocean Infinity’s Armada Fleet

Saab has agreed to sell 10 of its new electric Work Remotely Operated Vehicles (eWROV), including further options, to leading...

Nov 18, 2021
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