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

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 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

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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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

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 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

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 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

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

Jul 11, 2017
ECA Group Demonstrates Simultaneous MCM Drone Operation to Belgian Navy

ECA Group has announced that it has demonstrated the capability to simultaneously deploy its AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles), USVs (Unmanned...

Jul 06, 2017
Kraken Uses ThunderFish Alpha AUV as Technology Demonstrator Platform

Kraken Sonar has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems, has formally taken delivery of ThunderFish Alpha – a...

Jun 27, 2017
Kongsberg to Develop Autonomous Underwater Glider Systems

Kongsberg Underwater Technology has announced that it has successfully completed negotiations with CoMotion, the University of Washington’s collaborative innovation hub,...

Jun 27, 2017
New Underwater Dynamic Laser Mapping Solution Will Speed Up Surveys

2G Robotics and Sonardyne International have announced that the two companies have entered into a formal collaboration agreement. The two...

Jun 24, 2017
Teledyne Introduces Ultra-Compact Pathfinder Doppler Velocity Log for ROVs

Teledyne RD Instruments (TRDI) has announced the official launch of its ultra-compact 600 kHz Pathfinder Doppler Velocity Log (DVL). The...

Jun 19, 2017
Boeing and Huntington Ingalls to Develop UUVs for U.S. Navy

Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have announced that the two firms are teaming on the design and production of Unmanned...

Jun 14, 2017
Kraken to Provide AquaPix Sonar for AUVs

Kraken Sonar Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., has been awarded a repeat contract valued...

Jun 07, 2017
Robosea Unveils Unmanned Underwater Vehicle with Bionics Technology

Robosea has announced the launch of BIKI, a new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) designed with advanced bionics technology. BIKI can...

Jun 06, 2017
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