As part of the future hydrographic and oceanographic capability (CHOF) program for the French Navy, the DGA awarded a contract to IXblue (now EXAIL) for a new experimentation of the Drix – hydrographic Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) – on September 26, 2022.
As readers of Naval News know, the world’s ports and harbors are crucial to global trade. From Antwerp, to Shanghai, to Los Angeles to other mega-ports and hundreds of smaller harbors, these crucial nodes are vital to world trade.
Turkiye’s brand new unmanned surface vessel (USV) “MARLIN” has demonstrated its capabilities during NATO exercises in Portugal…
French shipbuilder Naval Group will soon be experimenting and testing technologies for Medium and Large Unmanned Surface Vessels – MUSV and LUSV.
Saab’s test platform for the development of autonomous functions Enforcer III, which was converted from the Combat Boat 90, was tested in a joint trial by Saab and the Swedish Navy in the southern Baltic Sea.
The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
At SNA Waterfront Symposium 2022 the U.S. Navy fielded audience questions regarding the status of the unmanned surface vessels (USV) that participated in Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) naval exercise….
DARPA is moving into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program…
The Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) released a video on 23 July 2022 showing four unmanned surface vessels (ULAQ, SALVO, SANCAR, and a USV swarm consisting of Albatros and MIR) that Turkish defence companies are working on.
L3Harris press release The U.S. Navy is operating its medium-displacement unmanned surface vehicle, Nomad, which is outfitted with numerous L3Harris autonomous technologies that enable it
