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

Kongsberg Maritime Delivers AUV Package to DOF Subsea
Kongsberg Maritime Delivers AUV Package to DOF Subsea

Kongsberg Maritime has delivered a cutting-edge AUV package featuring an advanced HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and sophisticated multibeam...

Dec 06, 2012
IDEX 2013 Announces Dedicated Unmanned Systems Zone
IDEX 2013 Announces Dedicated Unmanned Systems Zone

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) has announced the introduction of a focused Unmanned Systems Area to be launched...

Nov 27, 2012
U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects Alion for Unmanned and Automated Weapon Systems Contract
U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects Alion for Unmanned and Automated Weapon Systems Contract

For the Navy, the development of unmanned and automated weapon systems ranks as a top priority to sustain the country’s...

Nov 15, 2012
Hydroid To Supply Six REMUS AUVs to German Navy
Hydroid To Supply Six REMUS AUVs to German Navy

After extensive trials by the German Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) in Eckernfoerde, the Federal...

Oct 03, 2012
Homeland Security Develop BIOSwimmer™ UUV
Homeland Security Develop BIOSwimmer™ UUV

No question about it… they’re very good at what they do. But they don’t take well to orders, especially those...

Sep 20, 2012
SeaFox AUV Proves its Effectiveness Performing Unmanned Mine Countermeasure Missions
SeaFox AUV Proves its Effectiveness Performing Unmanned Mine Countermeasure Missions

The SeaFox mine neutralization system, delivered by ATLAS North America (ATLAS NA), a subsidiary of the German-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH,...

Sep 10, 2012
Unmanned Wave Glider Robot Tracks White Sharks in the Pacific
Unmanned Wave Glider Robot Tracks White Sharks in the Pacific

Liquid Robotics’ unmanned Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the US coast near San Francisco – the latest addition...

Aug 27, 2012
Sonardyne Underwater Tracking System on AUV Aids Search for Earhart Plane
Sonardyne Underwater Tracking System on AUV Aids Search for Earhart Plane

Acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne Inc, Houston, was selected to play a key role in a recent expedition aiming to...

Aug 24, 2012
Protonex Developing Fuel Cells for Underwater Unmanned Systems
Protonex Developing Fuel Cells for Underwater Unmanned Systems

Protonex Technology Corporation, a leading provider of advanced lightweight military power systems, announces exclusive collaboration on the development of oxygen...

Aug 07, 2012
Bluefin Robotics Hull Inspection Robot Successfully Completes Government Testing
Bluefin Robotics Hull Inspection Robot Successfully Completes Government Testing

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) solutions for US Navy Programs of Record announced today that...

Aug 02, 2012
FuelCell Energy Wins $3.8m Contract for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Power System
FuelCell Energy Wins $3.8m Contract for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Power System

FuelCell Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, has announced a $3.8 million...

Jul 26, 2012
Navy hosts international RoboSub Competition in San Diego
Navy hosts international RoboSub Competition in San Diego

Teams from around the world gathered at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for the 15th annual RoboSub...

Jul 24, 2012
SeaCat AUV Inspects 24 Kilometre Long Water Tunnel
SeaCat AUV Inspects 24 Kilometre Long Water Tunnel

In a mission lasting almost seven hours, an autonomous underwater vehicle made by ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, Germany, dived through a water...

Jul 23, 2012
University of Maryland Select Hydroid REMUS 600 AUV for Oceanographic Exploration
University of Maryland Select Hydroid REMUS 600 AUV for Oceanographic Exploration

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

Jul 19, 2012
U.S. Navy Deploys Unmanned Submarines to Clear Mines
U.S. Navy Deploys Unmanned Submarines to Clear Mines

The U.S. Navy has deployed a fleet of unmanned submarines to the Persian Gulf to help find and destroy sea...

Jul 17, 2012
Horn Point Laboratory Purchases Hydroid REMUS 600 AUV System
Horn Point Laboratory Purchases Hydroid REMUS 600 AUV System

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

Jul 16, 2012
Bluefin Completes Design Review for Knifefish SMCM UUV
Bluefin Completes Design Review for Knifefish SMCM UUV

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) solutions for US Navy Programs of Record has announced that...

Jul 13, 2012
International Submarine Engineering To Supply HYSUB ROV to Japan
International Submarine Engineering To Supply HYSUB ROV to Japan

International Submarine Engineering Ltd is pleased to announce a contract to build another HYSUB Remotely Operated System (ROV) for SNK Ocean...

Jul 13, 2012
Pressure-Tolerant ROV Successfully Tested in the Deep Atlantic
Pressure-Tolerant ROV Successfully Tested in the Deep Atlantic

A new pressure-tolerant ROV named Erno2, designed by Enitech GmbH (Rostock, Germany), has been successfully tested within the framework of...

Jul 06, 2012
KCF Technologies Celebrates ROV Smart Tether Milestone
KCF Technologies Celebrates ROV Smart Tether Milestone

KCF Technologies Celebrates Smart Tether Milestone – the sale of its 100th Smart Tether system. In 2004 KCF Technologies was...

Jul 02, 2012
Rolls-Royce Wins $3m Contract to Develop Canadian Unmanned Naval Vehicles
Rolls-Royce Wins $3m Contract to Develop Canadian Unmanned Naval Vehicles

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will lead a project to develop new technologies to support unmanned naval vehicle missions,...

Jun 27, 2012
Subsea Vision Targets FPSO Market with Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV
Subsea Vision Targets FPSO Market with Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV

Subsea Vision has taken delivery of a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact, the low profile powerful ROV specially designed for...

Jun 25, 2012
Echoscope® 3-D Imaging Sonar to be Used on New AUVs
Echoscope® 3-D Imaging Sonar to be Used on New AUVs

The advanced patented Echoscope® 3-D imaging sonar, produced by Coda Octopus Group Inc., has been selected by Lockheed Martin for...

Jun 25, 2012
Liquid Robotics and Schlumberger Develop Autonomous Marine Vehicles
Liquid Robotics and Schlumberger Develop Autonomous Marine Vehicles

Liquid Robotics, Inc. and Schlumberger today announced the creation of Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas, a joint venture to develop...

Jun 22, 2012
U.S. Navy-backed Researchers Develop Hydrogen-Powered Unmanned Robot Jellyfish
U.S. Navy-backed Researchers Develop Hydrogen-Powered Unmanned Robot Jellyfish

Researchers at Virginia Tech, the Univ. of Texas at Dallas and several other schools are working together to develop robotic...

Jun 19, 2012
RV Tiburon Launches Spectre ROV Capable of Working Depths of up to 600m
RV Tiburon Launches Spectre ROV Capable of Working Depths of up to 600m

RV Tiburon Inc. has launched a custom built Spectre ROV capable of working depths of up to 600Meter/2000Feet. The ROV is...

Jun 18, 2012
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