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

Phoenix AUV Upgraded to Dive to 4,500 Meters

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that the company has taken delivery of their Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) after designer...

Jul 11, 2013
Seatronics Predator ROV to use SeeByte’s SeeTrack CoPilot Software

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, and Seatronics, the world’s largest marine electronic equipment...

Jul 09, 2013
US Navy Deploys MK18 Kingfish UUV

The U.S. Navy has deployed the MK18 Mod 2 Kingfish underwater unmanned vehicle for operations in the 5th Fleet area...

Jun 26, 2013
Kraken Completes Testing of Synthetic Aperture Sonar on REMUS 600 AUV

Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. announced today that the sea acceptance testing of its AquaPix® Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar (InSAS) with...

May 30, 2013
Metron, Inc to Develop Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

Metron, Inc. has been awarded a $7.2m contract for research and development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV)...

May 22, 2013
Steve Dittman Joins Marotta Controls as Director of Business Development, Marine Systems

Steve Dittman has joined the Marotta Controls team as Director of Business Development, Marine Systems. Steve Dittman, a Professional Engineer...

May 22, 2013
Lockheed Martin’s Marlin AUV Now Available for Underwater Inspections

Lockheed Martin is leveraging its proven capabilities and technology with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) to enable the oil and gas...

May 09, 2013
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider Autonomous Ocean Robot Wins Gold at Edison Awards

Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, was named the 2013 Gold Medal winner...

May 03, 2013
Trimble and CodaOctopus Unveil New Motion Solutions for Marine Applications

Trimble and CodaOctopus have announced new integrated position, heading and attitude solutions for marine-based applications. Trimble, a leader in Global...

Apr 12, 2013
General Dynamics Completes Successful Critical Design Review for Knifefish UUV

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has successfully completed the critical design review for Knifefish, the surface-mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle...

Apr 09, 2013
Kongsberg Maritime to offer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Rental Service

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd has announced that it will add a number of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to its rental pool...

Apr 09, 2013
U.S. Navy Unveils Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)

Scientists based in the nation’s capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to...

Apr 08, 2013
Bluefin Completes Deep-Water Tests of DARPA UUV

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company has successfully completed deep-water testing of...

Apr 03, 2013
Bluefin Subsea Lithium Battery Receives Navy Safety Approval

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that the US Navy has...

Apr 02, 2013
Tesla Offshore Selects Bluefin-21 AUV to for Deepwater Surveying

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that Tesla Offshore LLC has...

Mar 27, 2013
OceanWorks Returns VENUS Coastal Network to Operation

OceanWorks International, who specialize in design and manufacture of manned and unmanned subsea systems, has successfully re-deployed the VENUS coastal...

Mar 26, 2013
Kongsberg Maritime to Demonstrate AUV Technology at Ocean Business 2013

Kongsberg Maritime will demonstrate a number of innovative technologies for the subsea & survey industry at Ocean Business in Southampton UK,...

Mar 18, 2013
Hydroid Starts Production of Littoral Battlespace Sensing AUVs for U.S. Navy

Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced that its...

Feb 20, 2013
F5 Robotics Develops New Low-Cost HD ROV

F5 Robotics has announced the development of an HD ROV camera, the DiveBot. With full 3 channel control and an...

Feb 19, 2013
ISE To Supply Royal Canadian Navy with Aurora Towfish AUV

International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) is pleased to announce the award of a contract from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd....

Feb 15, 2013
SMD and SeeByte Successfully Integrate CoPilot into Work-class ROV

Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD), world leading manufacturer of remote intervention equipment, and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart...

Feb 06, 2013
Fossil Energy-Developed Fuel Cell Technology Adapted for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for coal-based central power generation...

Feb 04, 2013
Bluefin to Develop Knifefish UUV Variant for Naval Research Laboratory

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that they will produce a variation of the Knifefish...

Jan 24, 2013
IKM Subsea Awarded 3+2 Year ROV Frame Agreement

IKM Subsea, a supplier of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), have announced the award of a 3+2 year frame agreement by Nexans Norway for...

Jan 23, 2013
Kongsberg Evotec to Supply New ROV Launch and Recovery System to Swire Seabed

Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for...

Jan 23, 2013
Saab Receives Order for AUV Systems

Defence and security company Saab have signed a contract on delivery of autonomous underwater vehicles systems, AUV62, in training configuration....

Jan 17, 2013
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