The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s use of sUAS for science missions has increased more than tenfold since 2012.
Maritime
Acoustic Communications and Inertial Navigation Help Crew an Unmanned Fleet of Seagoing Robots
Sonardyne acoustic communication and inertial navigation technologies will board a large, environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, multi-role robotic vessels launched…
Multi-Sensored Baltic Ferry Gathers Data, including GNSS, for Self-Aware Sailing
A day of ferry trips between Finland and Estonia became some of the most documented voyages in maritime history. Cameras,…
Skyfront Perimeter Drone Completes First sUAS Ship-to-Submarine Delivery
A Skyfront Perimeter Drone recently launched from a moving vessel to deliver supplies to crew members on a ballistic missile…
Small UAV Takes on Big Sea Missions: Resupply Warships and Submarines
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division acquired a Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAV prototype from Skyways to…
Sea Guardian Drones to Taiwan for ISR
The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the…
Autonomous Drifters Expand Maritime Knowledge as Part of the Ocean of Things
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a contract to PARC, a Xerox Company, for small, low-cost autonomous drifters…
Autonomous Aquaculture’s Kelp Crusaders
The MARINER program’s mission to use expansive offshore seaweed farms as an alternative energy source may not be a new concept—using drones to do it is.
