Maritime News & Articles

Autonomous Drone Lands on Royal Navy Carrier

The HCMC twin-engine light alloy autonomous aircraft has become the first to land on and take off from a Royal Navy Carrier, and is capable of carrying a payload of 100kg up to 1,000 kilometers

Sep 11, 2023
Greensea IQ Unites Ocean Robotics Companies

Greensea IQ is set to advance software and robotics in the defense sphere, offering autonomous capabilities for mine detection and classification while reducing personnel risk

Sep 06, 2023
Australia Orders Rapidly Deployable Smart Sea Mines

Rheinmetall has won a multimillion-euro order to deliver smart sea mines to Australia for strategic naval warfare, able to be deployed from various platforms

Aug 31, 2023
SEA Awarded £17.5 million ECS Contract

The Royal Navy has awarded Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA) a contract to provide an External Communications System (ECS) for a major defense program

Aug 30, 2023
Marines Successfully Trial MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter Refuel

Marines have used the Marine Corps CH-53E to refuel an unmanned MQ-8C helicopter with a maximum payload of over 700 pounds of fuel and supports an estimated range of 150 nautical miles

Aug 25, 2023
UUV Digital Twin Architecture Prototype At-Sea Testing

Integer, alongside subcontractors at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Rite-Solutions, have been investigating the implementation of digital twins for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs)

Aug 24, 2023
HII to Build REMUS 620 UUVs for NOAA

HII’s REMUS 620s has a range of 275 nautical miles and a battery life of up to 110 hours, with capabilities for mine countermeasures, intelligence collection, electronic warfare, and more

Aug 23, 2023
Leidos to Operate & Maintain US Navy Medium Unmanned Vessels

Leidos has won a $95 million contract from the US Navy to manage, operate and maintain the Overlord and medium unmanned surface vessels (USVs)

Aug 22, 2023
Rugged HPEC & AI Processing for the Extreme Edge

Wolf Advanced Technology’s rugged high performance embedded computing (HPEC) solutions are designed to operate in harsh aerospace and defense environments

Aug 21, 2023
Production Starts on Composite Masts for Finnish Navy’s New Ships

A composite cutting ceremony has been held at Saab's facility in Karlskrona for the first of four masts for the Finnish Navy's new Squadron 2020 ships

Aug 18, 2023
HMS Duncan Leads NATO Task Group Through Simulated Minefield

The scenario saw a minefield placed across a simulated narrow chokepoint which, when coupled with the risk of attack from hostile aircraft and fast attack craft, combined to present a formidable obstacle to the passage of ships

Aug 15, 2023
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