Northrop Grumman's µSASTM (pronounced "micro-sas") will be integrated onto L3Harris Technologies' Iver4 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) for a 12-month test period for the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) Next Generation Small-Class UUV program.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Hydroid Inc. a leading provider of advanced marine robotics to the defense and maritime markets and a U.S. based indirect subsidiary, wholly owned by Kongsberg Maritime.
Day 2 at MADEX 2019, the maritime defense exhibition held in Busan, South Korea. In this video we focus on:
At MADEX 2019, the maritime defense exhibition which opened its doors today in Busan, South Korea, local company Hanwha Systems unveiled the ASWUUV large displacement UUV.
The European Defence Agency (EDA) Steering Board has just approved the launch of a 4-year CAT B project aimed at developing a swarm of biomimetic underwater vehicles for underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (SABUVIS II), the EDA announced on September 27.
Day 3 at DSEI 2019, the defense exhibition held in London, UK. Our day 3 naval news coverage at the show includes:
The Latvian Navy procured a pair of A9-M Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (AUV) from ECA Group in 2015. Since then, the system is being operated in Liepāja by the Minehunters Squadron. But It was never demonstrated to a foreign media... That was until Naval News interviewed commander Armands Grebežs, chief of the BALTRON squadron, in late August 2019.
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) unveiled the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at DSEI 2019.
The Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) granted Milestone C approval to the Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Program. The decision clears the way for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the system, PEO USC announced Aug. 23.
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc., has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center to supply autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and related monitoring and communications acoustic systems.
