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

Poland’s Double Eagle UUVs to be Supported by Saab
Poland’s Double Eagle UUVs to be Supported by Saab

Saab has signed a contract with the Gdynia Naval Port Command to deliver integrated logistics support for Double Eagle Mk...

Mar 30, 2021
High-Precision Transmissometer for UUVs Introduced
High-Precision Transmissometer for UUVs Introduced

Sequoia has launched the LISST-Tau, a compact 2,000m-rated high-precision transmissometer designed for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and systems such as...

Mar 28, 2021
First Knifefish Minehunting UUV Delivered
First Knifefish Minehunting UUV Delivered

General Dynamics Mission Systems has delivered the first Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), designed for surface mine countermeasures, to the...

Mar 23, 2021
Marine Survey Software Released for Complete Workflows
Marine Survey Software Released for Complete Workflows

  Teledyne CARIS has released Onboard360, a complete workflow software package for marine mapping and surveying data. The newly released...

Mar 17, 2021
Collision-Free UUV Navigation in Congested Waters
Collision-Free UUV Navigation in Congested Waters

tpgroup’s fully autonomous navigation system, Northstar, will be part of an ambitious new autonomy project led by the National Oceanography Centre...

Mar 16, 2021
SRV-8 ROV Conducts In-Water Hull Inspection
SRV-8 ROV Conducts In-Water Hull Inspection

Remote Imaging Solutions (RIS) has employed the Oceanbotics SRV-8 ROV to conduct an in-water hull survey on HMAS Ballarat of...

Mar 10, 2021
Rugged Acoustic Transponder Released
Rugged Acoustic Transponder Released

Sonar and navigation manufacturer RJE International has developed the ATT-400/AODC emergency location transponder. Powered by off-the-shelf batteries, the rugged acoustic...

Mar 05, 2021
AI-Based Sonar Noise Cancelling
AI-Based Sonar Noise Cancelling

Teledyne CARIS has released a whitepaper explaining how artificial intelligence can be used to identify and remove a broad range...

Mar 03, 2021
Underwater Cinematography ROV Introduced
Underwater Cinematography ROV Introduced

Deigned for professional underwater videographers and photographers, the next-generation Boxfish cinematography drone delivers full-frame, 8K video from a depth of...

Mar 02, 2021
Article: Underwater Navigation Technologies for Successful ROV Missions
Article: Underwater Navigation Technologies for Successful ROV Missions

Deep Trekker has released an article detailing the use of underwater sensors for ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) navigation. Underwater inspections,...

Feb 25, 2021
Autonomous ASW Targets Provided to Netherlands Royal Navy
Autonomous ASW Targets Provided to Netherlands Royal Navy

RTSYS has entered into a contract to provide the Netherlands Royal Navy with seven of its SEMA portable recoverable ASW...

Feb 24, 2021
Autonomous Sonar Systems Delivered to Indian Navy
Autonomous Sonar Systems Delivered to Indian Navy

RTSYS has been awarded a contract to provide the Indian Navy with two of the company’s SIERA sonar measurement and...

Feb 18, 2021
Teledyne CARIS Receives Funding for Remote Ocean Mapping
Teledyne CARIS Receives Funding for Remote Ocean Mapping

Teledyne CARIS has received significant funding from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster award to develop software for remote operations survey processing, in...

Feb 11, 2021
Development Continues on Manta Ray Long-Range UUV Project
Development Continues on Manta Ray Long-Range UUV Project

DARPA has continued development of its Manta Ray unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) project with the award of three contracts to...

Feb 11, 2021
High-Altitude Variant of USV/UUV Navigation System Introduced
High-Altitude Variant of USV/UUV Navigation System Introduced

Sonardyne has released a new high-altitude variant of its SPRINT-Nav hybrid navigation system for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and unmanned...

Feb 10, 2021
New Long-Endurance AUV Developed for Extended Missions
New Long-Endurance AUV Developed for Extended Missions

Kongsberg Maritime has launched the next generation of its advanced HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the HUGIN Endurance. The new...

Feb 04, 2021
Sonardyne Technology Selected for USV & ROV Fleet
Sonardyne Technology Selected for USV & ROV Fleet

Sonardyne’s underwater positioning and communications technology has been selected by specialist geo-data firm Fugro to be incorporated into a global...

Jan 31, 2021
Drone & UGV Common Control System Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem
Drone & UGV Common Control System Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem

Tomahawk Robotics has joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of sensor and unmanned system companies that all utilize...

Jan 22, 2021
FarSounder Launches On-Line Training
FarSounder Launches On-Line Training

FarSounder has announced the launch of their on-line training platform. The first training program to be released in the series...

Jan 18, 2021
Sonardyne Provides Technology Suite for Large-Displacement AUVs
Sonardyne Provides Technology Suite for Large-Displacement AUVs

Sonardyne navigation, tracking and control technologies have been selected by underwater robotics developer Dive Technologies for its large displacement DIVE-LD...

Jan 13, 2021
SeeByte Develops C2 & Collaborative Autonomy Software for Unmanned Systems
SeeByte Develops C2 & Collaborative Autonomy Software for Unmanned Systems

SeeByte, a leading developer of advanced software solutions for marine and maritime unmanned systems such as AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles),...

Jan 07, 2021
REMUS 100 UUVs Delivered to German Navy
REMUS 100 UUVs Delivered to German Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered a batch of new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy....

Dec 29, 2020
Autonomous Profiling Floats to Monitor Greenland’s Coastal Glaciers
Autonomous Profiling Floats to Monitor Greenland’s Coastal Glaciers

Teledyne Marine has provided NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with three APEX (Autonomous Profiling Explorer) profiling floats, which will be...

Dec 24, 2020
Small ROV Breaks Depth Range Record
Small ROV Breaks Depth Range Record

Boxfish Research has announced that its small, battery-operated remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has reached a record-breaking depth range during its...

Dec 04, 2020
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System Ordered by British & French Navies
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System Ordered by British & French Navies

Thales has begun the production phase of its Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) program in order to deliver eight unmanned...

Dec 03, 2020
iXblue USBL Offered by Subsea Technology & Rentals
iXblue USBL Offered by Subsea Technology & Rentals

iXblue’s new Gaps M5 USBL has been selected by global rental company Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) as an addition...

Dec 02, 2020
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