On February 14, 2024, the Main Intelligence Department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR) published a video on its Telegram channel showing a Magura Kamikaze USV attacking a Ropucha I-class landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
At WDS 2024, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled the Thunderer A2000, a new medium unmanned surface vessel (USV) for combat.
At the WDS 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s NCMS exhibited the MARLIN USV, which was developed by the Turkish companies Aselsan and Sefine.
On February 01, 2024, a video was released to the internet showing multiple suicide USVs attacking the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Project 1241.1 (NATO code: Tarantul II) corvette.
The US Navy is reaching out to industry seeking small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSV) with autonomous swarming capabilities.
The latest Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV) for the US Navy was launched last week at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.
On January 1, 2024, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) shared a video of the Sea Baby unmanned surface vehicle firing rockets or missiles.
Turkiye’s first indigenous unmanned surface vehicle, ULAQ took part in the operational assessment phase of the NATO Maritime Security Exercise in the third week of October 2023. During the exercise, ULAQ performed tasks together with manned units as part of the scenario.
The U.S. Navy successfully completed a milestone “no touch” 720-hour continuous power demonstration of a diesel generator for Large USV operations.
Serco has been awarded the Autonomy and Vehicle Control Systems/ Testing and Evaluations contract to support the U.S. Navy.
