South Korean defense company LIG Nex1 announced on December 15th, 2021, that it has completed the sea trials of its Sea Sword-II (Haegum in Korean) unmanned surface vehicle (USV).

The Ivan Rogov and the Mitrofan Moskalenko amphibious assault ships (LHD) of project 23900 built by the Butoma Shipyard in Kerch will be armed with mine warfare unmanned surface vessels (USV) of Russian design.

A Turkish joint venture last week introduced a new variant of the ULAQ unmanned surface vehicle dedicated to the protection of naval bases. Two European navies have shown interest in the ULAQ.

Turkey's Dearsan Shipyard unveiled a new family of armed unmanned surface vessels (USV), the USV 15, on its social media accounts on 23 December.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Dec. 12, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations.

The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy has purchased iXblue DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) through the company’s local partner THESTA. The USV will be advancing the Polish Navy hydrographic capabilities.

GDMS was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for support of their Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel (OUSV) Combat System Ship (CMS) Integration and Test program

EDGE signed a MoU with IAI to jointly design a first-in-class series of 17m unmanned surface vessels (USV) for the entire range of military and commercial applications.