Navy Warship Set for Laser Weaponry
The DragonFire laser fires high-intensity beams which meet targets at the speed of light, and is set be installed on a Royal Navy warship in 2027
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The DragonFire laser fires high-intensity beams which meet targets at the speed of light, and is set be installed on a Royal Navy warship in 2027
Austal USA are set to use Kongsberg Maritime’s Promas propulsion system to outfit the newest ship in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program with optimized hydrodynamic properties
Following a SBIR Phase II Award ZE Government Solutions will develop a digital, portable, and self-sustaining Coastal Alert System to protect valuable USAF assets on Joint Base Charleston
Technology company Red Cat Holdings, Inc. will distribute its Teal 2 drones to PowerBuoy® and WAM-V® platforms, enhancing maritime surveillance capabilities
The U.S. Navy has procured the K1000ULE solar-electric Group 2 UAS from Kraus Hamdani Aerospace. The VTOL Unmanned Aerial System excels in endurance, operational range, and autonomy
Shield AI will acquire Sentient Vision Systems, uniting ViDAR with the Hivemind AI pilot to create an advanced AI-piloted ISR sensor package that will enable Group 3-sized aircraft to provide low cost, low risk maritime domain awareness
Water Linked has presented a new form of 3D sonar technology capable of effective target detection and navigation across diverse underwater landscapes
The latest tests demonstrated relative vessel-to-vessel station keeping for an underway replenishment (UNREP) scenario and automated passage through the Suez Canal
The latest developments in undersea defence capabilities will be displayed at UDT 2024, 9th - 11th April at ExCeL, London
New trainable countermeasure launcher systems are set to be installed throughout the Royal Navy’s fleet on Type 26 and Type 31 frigates, and Type 45 destroyers, under the £135 million contract
The Auterion-Kraken Technology Group partnership is focused on the development and implementation of modular, low-cost autonomy software and UxV systems for the maritime domain
The PowerMod Subsea MVDC Power Distribution System, ideal for charging unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and other applications, converts 10 kVDC to 375 VDC directly at the seafloor