Maritime

Lawmakers, Analysts Express Doubts, Concerns About Replicator Program
Air, Maritime, Military

Lawmakers, Analysts Express Doubts, Concerns About Replicator Program

Members of Congress and defense industry analysts on Oct. 19 expressed concerns about the Department of Defense’s still largely undefined ...
Saildrone Fleet Surpasses 1M Nautical Miles, 32K Days at Sea

Saildrone Fleet Surpasses 1M Nautical Miles, 32K Days at Sea

Saildrone announced its fleet of USVs has surpassed a cumulative distance of 1 million nautical miles during more than 32,000 ...
Berlin INTERGEO Dispatch II
Air, Events, Maritime

Berlin INTERGEO Dispatch II

To the outsider, INTERGEO 2023 looks like most high-technology trade fairs – a lot of friendly engineers and marketers demonstrating ...
SEA-KIT Funded for Hydrogen-Powered USV, Refilling Station

SEA-KIT Funded for Hydrogen-Powered USV, Refilling Station

SEA-KIT International has won funding from the Zero Emissions Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition to design and manufacture a hydrogen ...
Saildrone Redeploys 'Hurricane Sam' Ocean Drone for 2023 Mission

Saildrone Redeploys ‘Hurricane Sam’ Ocean Drone for 2023 Mission

Saildrone announced the redeployment of its famous Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ...
NOAA Prepares for Hurricane Season with More Gliders, New Saildrone CONOPs
Maritime, Sensors

NOAA Prepares for Hurricane Season with More Gliders, New Saildrone CONOPs

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans a three-layered investigation of hurricanes this year. In addition to its head-line ...
ALTIUS 600 UAS Prepares for More Hurricane Flights This Year

ALTIUS 600 UAS Prepares for More Hurricane Flights This Year

For this hurricane season, NOAA wants to stretch the ALTIUS 600’s envelope by flying it longer and sending the data ...
NOAA Readies Additional Unmanned Systems, Sensors to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Air, Maritime, Sensors

NOAA Readies Additional Unmanned Systems, Sensors to Prepare for Hurricane Season

NOAA has been studying rapid hurricane intensification for years, and plans to bring more unmanned systems to bear for the ...
Navy Hopes to Make Big Waves with Unmanned Vehicles

Navy Hopes to Make Big Waves with Unmanned Vehicles

As the U.S. seeks to contain China, the U.S. Navy is betting big on unmanned systems with some significant budget ...
Distributed Unmanned Vessels to Cast a Wide Net Over (and Under) the Pacific

Distributed Unmanned Vessels to Cast a Wide Net Over (and Under) the Pacific

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are relying on unmanned systems to augment traditional, and more expensive, vessels in the ...
ABS Issues Approval in Principle for Saildrone USVs

ABS Issues Approval in Principle for Saildrone USVs

The American Bureau of Shipping has issued Approval in Principle certificates to Saildrone ...
Canada's Federal Fleet Services Installs MARSS CUAS System on Combat Support Ship

Canada’s Federal Fleet Services Installs MARSS CUAS System on Combat Support Ship

MARSS and Federal Fleet Services announced the full NiDAR C2 and CUAS will be installed on Asterix, a Combat Support ...
ACUA Ocean, HydroSurv Announce Intent to Merge

ACUA Ocean, HydroSurv Announce Intent to Merge

ACUA Ocean and HydroSurv, two U.K.-based companies specializing in maritime autonomous systems, have announced their intention to merge ...
Cloud-Based Command and Control Opening Up More Opportunities with Connected Fleets

Cloud-Based Command and Control Opening Up More Opportunities with Connected Fleets

Cloud Ground Control (CGC), a hardware agnostic drone fleet management platform powered by Advanced Navigation, features a cellular micro-modem that ...