The Navy has two new offices to help it integrate unmanned systems and soon both will be looking to industry for new technology.
Maritime
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders USV reach 1 million nautical miles
The Wave Gliders from Liquid Robotics recently hit an important milestone. The unmanned surface vehicles reached 1 million nautical miles…
Rolls-Royce Reveals Vision of Shore-based Control Centers for Unmanned Cargo Ships
Rolls-Royce on Tuesday offered another glimpse into the future of unmanned shipping, revealing for the first time its vision for…
SeeByte and ASV Form Partnership
SeeByte and ASV recently formed a partnership to bring advanced capabilities and solutions to marine autonomy. The two companies will…
Why was a humpback whale caught in a headstand?
A recently released video taken by a scientific research drone off the coast of Maui, Hawaii caught a humpback whale…
The Coast Guard Wants to Use Drones to Navigate Ice in the Great Lakes
Every year, huge portions of North America’s Great Lakes freeze over, often in gigantic, treacherous ice packs . The ice,…
Cyberhawk Completes Offshore ROAV Inspection in N. America
Offshore man with drone (Photo: Cyberhawk Innovations) Cyberhawk Innovations, a leader in aerial inspection using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAV),…
The Tide Rises for Open Ocean Farming
With population growth driving global demand for fish and an increasingly limited number of new coastal aquaculture sites available, the emerging industry of open ocean aquaculture, or mariculture, is poised for rapid growth.
Kraken to Supply Sonar System for Elbit’s Seagull USV
ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada — Kraken Sonar Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. will supply its KATFISH towed…
New Navy contract aims to equip hundreds of ships with drones
Artist rendering of Tern drone Washington (CNN)The Pentagon is hoping a multimillion-dollar investment in new technology will enable drones on…
Research: Small U.S. Navy Ships to Get Drones
DARPA plans to build a full-scale demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) designed to use forward-deployed…
Northrop Grumman set to develop tail-down UAV for DARPA’s Tern program
The competition to fulfil DARPA’s plan to turn US Navy destroyers and frigates into drone-launching aircraft carriers seems to be…
New Technologies Aid Arctic Operations
The need to understand environmental change within the Arctic Circle is not only driving scientific studies but the development of new, often autonomous technologies for safer, more effective research missions.
Bridging The ‘Valley Of Death’ For Navy Drones
The Navy’s UCAS demonstrator made history as the first drone to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. Its…
Kraken Acquires Marine Robotics Technology
Kraken Sonar Inc. ST. JOHN’S, NL–(Marketwired – November 17, 2015) – Kraken Sonar Inc. (“Kraken”) (TSX VENTURE: PNG ) announced…
What you need to know about underwater drones
A UUV is removed from the water during operations off the coast of Bahrain in 2013. Credit: Specialist 2nd Class…
