Maritime News & Articles

Israeli Navy Acquires Steadicopter Black Eagle Electric RUAS
Israeli Navy Acquires Steadicopter Black Eagle Electric RUAS

The Black Eagle Electric Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS) are powered by an electric motor and can be used for applications such as intelligence, coastal security, search & rescue, and maritime missions

Jul 29, 2022
US Navy Awards DDG(X) Design Engineering Contract
US Navy Awards DDG(X) Design Engineering Contract

The contract was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding and involves engineering and design for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) program

Jul 27, 2022
Successful Subsea Asset Tracking Demonstrated to Polish Naval Academy
Successful Subsea Asset Tracking Demonstrated to Polish Naval Academy

ECA Group’s R7 ROV investigated objects and structures in shallow waters while iXblue Gaps M7 USBL acoustic positioning system geolocated the R7 ROV and corrected its trajectory in real time

Jul 27, 2022
General Dynamics to Support US & UK Ballistic Missile Submarines
General Dynamics to Support US & UK Ballistic Missile Submarines

General Dynamics Mission Systems will provide fire control systems for the US Navy’s Columbia-class and the UK Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class future ballistic missile submarines

Jul 26, 2022
US Navy Orders Two Additional Towing, Salvage & Rescue Ships
US Navy Orders Two Additional Towing, Salvage & Rescue Ships

Austal USA’s Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS) are capable of supporting a variety of missions, including oil spill response, humanitarian assistance, search and rescue and surveillance

Jul 25, 2022
L3Harris to Produce & Sustain US Navy CEC System
L3Harris to Produce & Sustain US Navy CEC System

The Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system is designed to enhance the Anti-Air Warfare capability of Navy ships and aircraft, and is a key element of the Navy’s integrated sensors and networked communications solution set

Jul 22, 2022
US Navy Deploys First Metal 3D Printer at Sea
US Navy Deploys First Metal 3D Printer at Sea

The Xerox ElemX 3D metal printer has been installed on USS Essex (LHD 2) and at-sea trials have begun in the Pacific Rim

Jul 21, 2022
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

The experimental trials will test QinetiQ Target Systems’ Banshees in training and ISR scenarios, focusing on specific flight profiles and the optical recognition of assets to enable ‘friend or foe’ confirmation

Jul 21, 2022
Autonomous Robots & Crawlers for Naval, Military & Defense Missions
Autonomous Robots & Crawlers for Naval, Military & Defense Missions

Bayonet Ocean Vehicles’ crawler robots can traverse both land and sea domains in challenging weather and sea state conditions to fulfil a range of amphibious and littoral warfare roles

Jul 20, 2022
Austal USA Begins Construction on First Steel Ship
Austal USA Begins Construction on First Steel Ship

The US Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11) will be the first steel ship to be built at Austal’s new 170,000 square foot enclosed steel production facility in Mobile, Alabama

Jul 15, 2022
Second Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Qatari MoD
Second Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Qatari MoD

This delivery is part of a €4 billion program that includes two OPVs, four corvettes and one landing platform dock

Jul 14, 2022
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