The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 naval VTOL UAV made its maiden flight on November 8 at the Aix-en-Provence drone test center (south of France). Several test captive-flights were successfully performed on an enhanced version of the UAV.

Insitu deployed its ScanEagle UAS aboard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Turva to demonstrate its unmatched maritime domain awareness capabilities during a five-day trial for the Finnish Border Guard. The test was part of the ongoing Valvonta2 project (Surveillance2), led by the Finnish Border Guard and funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.

Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) in partnership with the University of Hawaii, tested their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities by delivering supplies onto a submarine off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 10.

With major upcoming programmes to strengthen its capabilities at sea, Australia has a trusted partner in Leonardo, who is exhibiting at Pacific Expo 2019 in Sydney, displaying the AWHERO unmanned platform.

Successful test puts U.S. Navy’s first operational unmanned aerial refueler a step closer to the carrier fleet

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) plans to assess the potential use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for SAR missions under a program named « Drone Demonstration and Development Project », a recent tender document reveals.

There will be 1200 drones in the French Navy in 2030, Marine Nationale's Chief-of-Staff admiral Christophe Prazuck recently declared to the Commission of National Defence and Armed Forces of the French Assemblée Nationale.

The U.S. Navy tested expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) as a mother ship for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).

The Australian Government announced last month the procurement a second MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS).