Austal to Convert Decommissioned RAN Patrol Boat into USV
The Royal Australian Navy, L3Harris, and Austal will convert the recently decommissioned patrol boat, HMAS Maitland, into an autonomous patrol boat.
The Royal Australian Navy, L3Harris, and Austal will convert the recently decommissioned patrol boat, HMAS Maitland, into an autonomous patrol boat.
Thales Australia and Ocius Technologies have entered a Teaming Agreement to advance the development and deployment of a scalable Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) capability equipped for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and surveillance missions – helping to protect Australia’s borders.
Bruce Hanson, CEO of MARTAC, gives us an update on their unmanned surface vessel (USV) programs during Sea Air Space 2022.
At the DIMDEX 2022 defence exhibition in Doha, Qatar, Turkey’s Sefine shipyard unveiled its Constellation-class unmanned fast-attack vessels that can be configured for ASW and ASuW.
Dearsan shipyard has unveiled a brand new unmanned surface vessel (USV) called “USV 15” at the DIMDEX 2022 defence exhibition.
International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2022, the Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, commenced Jan. 31 during a ceremony at U.S. 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain.
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.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the successful integration of its advanced autonomous solutions with Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomy product.
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.