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

SEAMOR Marine Unveils Heavy Payload ROV
SEAMOR Marine Unveils Heavy Payload ROV

SEAMOR, an established manufacturer of remotely-operated vehicles (ROV), has added a heavy payload ROV to its product line. The Mako...

Mar 13, 2018
Sonardyne Introduces Miniature Underwater Target Tracking System
Sonardyne Introduces Miniature Underwater Target Tracking System

Sonardyne International has announced the unveiling of its smallest ever underwater target tracking system, the Micro-Ranger 2. The system is...

Mar 09, 2018
ECA Group Develops New Mine Counter-Measures AUV
ECA Group Develops New Mine Counter-Measures AUV

ECA Group has announced its latest mid-size AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle), the A18-M, dedicated to mine counter-measures. The vehicle has...

Feb 27, 2018
Norwegian Subsea Upgrades MRU for Marine Unmanned Systems
Norwegian Subsea Upgrades MRU for Marine Unmanned Systems

Norwegian Subsea has announced that it has released an upgraded version of its NORSUB MRU 6000 Motion Reference Unit, for...

Feb 06, 2018
Ocean Infinity Acquires AUV for Under-Ice Surveys
Ocean Infinity Acquires AUV for Under-Ice Surveys

Ocean Infinity, a hydrographic & geophysical survey firm, has announced that it has added a 6,000m-rated Kongsberg HUGIN AUV System...

Feb 01, 2018
Saab Provides Sabertooth AUV/ROV for Oil & Gas Inspection
Saab Provides Sabertooth AUV/ROV for Oil & Gas Inspection

Saab has announced that is has signed a contract to provide a customer in the oil and gas industry with...

Jan 26, 2018
Teledyne Gavia Releases New AUV Navigation Module
Teledyne Gavia Releases New AUV Navigation Module

Teledyne Gavia, a manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related systems, has announced the release of a new navigation...

Jan 23, 2018
Real Time Synthetic Aperture Sonar Deployed on US Navy AUV
Real Time Synthetic Aperture Sonar Deployed on US Navy AUV

  Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken Robotics Inc., has completed development of a real-time Synthetic Aperture...

Jan 19, 2018
Cellula Robotics Demonstrates Hovering AUV
Cellula Robotics Demonstrates Hovering AUV

Cellula Robotics has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Imotus-1 Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). During a week of...

Jan 15, 2018
U.S. Navy to Evaluate Anti-Submarine Warfare Training AUV
U.S. Navy to Evaluate Anti-Submarine Warfare Training AUV

Saab has announced that it will demonstrate its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, for the U.S. Navy (USN)....

Jan 10, 2018
Kawasaki Completes Verification Test for Pipeline Inspection AUV
Kawasaki Completes Verification Test for Pipeline Inspection AUV

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has announced the successful completion of a verification test for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in UK...

Dec 18, 2017
3D at Depth to Develop Subsea LiDAR Virtual Reality Platform
3D at Depth to Develop Subsea LiDAR Virtual Reality Platform

3D at Depth, a provider of advanced subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, has announced that it has partnered with iQ3Connect...

Dec 13, 2017
Aquabotix Launches Hybrid AUV/ROV System
Aquabotix Launches Hybrid AUV/ROV System

Aquabotix has announced the introduction of its second-generation hybrid underwater vehicle, the Integra AUV/ROV (autonomous underwater vehicle/remotely operated vehicle). Single-person...

Dec 13, 2017
Newton Labs Introduces New Ultra High Resolution Subsea Scanner
Newton Labs Introduces New Ultra High Resolution Subsea Scanner

Newton Labs, a manufacturer of underwater laser scanners, has announced the introduction of its new M500UW, an ultra high resolution...

Nov 15, 2017
New Deep-Sea Battery Developed for AUVs/UUVs Diving 6,000+ Meters
New Deep-Sea Battery Developed for AUVs/UUVs Diving 6,000+ Meters

OXIS Energy has announced that in conjunction with technology firm Steatite, underwater equipment developer MSubs and the UK’s National Oceanography...

Nov 09, 2017
L3 Technologies to Design Sensor and Communications Capabilities for U.S. Navy UUVs
L3 Technologies to Design Sensor and Communications Capabilities for U.S. Navy UUVs

L3 Technologies has announced that it will design next-generation communications, mission planning, autonomy, navigation, cybersecurity and anti-tamper capabilities for the...

Nov 09, 2017
Schmidt Ocean Institute Completes ROV Expedition at UNESCO World Heritage Site
Schmidt Ocean Institute Completes ROV Expedition at UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Schmidt Ocean Institute has announced that it has made seventeen underwater robotic dives with its ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle)...

Nov 09, 2017
Teledyne Gavia to Supply Specialized 6000m Rated AUV
Teledyne Gavia to Supply Specialized 6000m Rated AUV

Teledyne Gavia, a provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced that the company has been awarded a contract for...

Nov 04, 2017
Kraken and Avitas Systems to Create AUV Subsea Inspection Solutions
Kraken and Avitas Systems to Create AUV Subsea Inspection Solutions

Kraken Robotics has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., has entered a strategic partnership with Avitas Systems,...

Nov 01, 2017
Lockheed Martin to Design U.S. Navy Extra-Large UUV
Lockheed Martin to Design U.S. Navy Extra-Large UUV

Lockheed Martin has announced that it will support the growth of the U.S. Navy’s family of unmanned undersea systems under...

Oct 31, 2017
General Dynamics Knifefish UUV Completes Minehunting Trials
General Dynamics Knifefish UUV Completes Minehunting Trials

General Dynamics Mission Systems has announced that it has successfully completed contractor trials for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish program, a...

Oct 26, 2017
UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Nova Ray ROV
UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Nova Ray ROV

UAV Propulsion Tech has announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with Coral Partners to market their family of...

Oct 03, 2017
Hydroid Demonstrates Latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Hydroid Demonstrates Latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Hydroid has announced that, in conjunction with partners L3 Aerospace Systems, Sparton Corporation and AeroVironment, it has successfully demonstrated the...

Sep 27, 2017
Lockheed Martin Invests in Combined Unmanned Surface & Underwater Vehicle
Lockheed Martin Invests in Combined Unmanned Surface & Underwater Vehicle

Lockheed Martin Ventures has announced that it is making a strategic investment in Ocean Aero, the developer of the Submaran...

Sep 19, 2017
Hydroid Delivers First New Generation AUV to Naval Oceanographic Office
Hydroid Delivers First New Generation AUV to Naval Oceanographic Office

Hydroid Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and manufacturer of marine robotics, has announced that it has successfully completed the...

Sep 13, 2017
General Dynamics Demos Integrated UAV/UUV Teaming Technologies
General Dynamics Demos Integrated UAV/UUV Teaming Technologies

General Dynamics Mission Systems and General Dynamics Electric Boat have announced that they have demonstrated multiple mission command, control and...

Aug 30, 2017
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