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

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
QNA Demonstrates New Acoustic Underwater Data Communications Technology
QNA Demonstrates New Acoustic Underwater Data Communications Technology

QinetiQ North America (QNA) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated full-duplex underwater acoustic data communications, using its new proprietary...

Aug 23, 2017
NGC to Showcase Autonomous Maritime Capabilities at ANTX
NGC to Showcase Autonomous Maritime Capabilities at ANTX

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that the company and industry partners will demonstrate advanced autonomous technologies in a multi-domain contested...

Aug 16, 2017
ECA Group Demonstrates Advanced AUV Robotics Features
ECA Group Demonstrates Advanced AUV Robotics Features

ECA Group has announced that it has successfully demonstrated new advanced robotic features on an experimental version of its A9-E...

Jul 31, 2017
Seawater Batteries to Power Long-Range Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Seawater Batteries to Power Long-Range Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

MIT has announced that its spinout company Open Water Power (OWP), recently acquired by major tech firm L3 Technologies, has...

Jul 19, 2017
Kraken AUV to Search for Lost Canadian Test Aircraft
Kraken AUV to Search for Lost Canadian Test Aircraft

Kraken Sonar Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., has been awarded its first “Robotics as...

Jul 18, 2017
New Consumer Underwater Drone Dives to 150 Metres
New Consumer Underwater Drone Dives to 150 Metres

Blueye Robotics has announced the introduction of the Pioneer, an underwater drone that can dive up to 150 meters –...

Jul 11, 2017
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