World’s First Underwater Navigation System with M-Code
Collins Aerospace’s Military Underwater Navigation System is a handheld navigation tool that uses military-grade GPS to aid underwater search and rescue operations
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Collins Aerospace’s Military Underwater Navigation System is a handheld navigation tool that uses military-grade GPS to aid underwater search and rescue operations
The Kinetix system from Allsalt Maritime allows maritime agencies to monitor short- and long-term accelerations, investigate high-impact incidents, and predict vessel maintenance intervals
Analox Group will provide the U.K. Ministry of Defense with submarine atmosphere monitors which use state of the art sensors to offer real time analysis to the crew, enabling them to react quickly and take action to make the atmosphere safe
The U.S. Navy has contracted General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to design a propulsion and energy storage system to enhance system performance for future Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) operations
HENSOLDT and Israel Aerospace Industries will deliver and install four sensor systems consisting of radar and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems for the German Navy F124 air defense frigates
Bollinger Shipyards will build an additional four Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard for defense operations, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, marine safety, and environment protection
OCEAN2020 is the largest European-funded defense research project for maritime surveillance and sees Leonardo coordinating a team of 43 partners from 15 countries comprising industry, research organisations and Ministries of Defense
Saab will deliver new naval radars and fire control directors to the German Navy as well as a new combat management system to completely overhaul the system currently in use on the F123 frigates
The center at General Dynamics Mission Systems, Taunton will provide manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing capabilities for the company’s Knifefish and Bluefin Robotics Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs)
This first flight marks the next phase of the production cycle of this Boeing P-8A as it is moved to the Installation and Checkout facility, where mission systems will be installed and additional testing will take place
During trials, the Otter Pro robot boat from RS Aqua was able to survey a 7,000 square meters area in just 40 minutes, collecting sonar imagery of several wrecks and sensing swim lines and seabed erosion caused by divers
NCI Information Systems has won a prime position contract to continue to support the U.S. Navy with artificial intelligence and technologies to ensure its systems, platforms and assets are secure and state-of-the-art