Dead Reckoning – Pathways to USV/UUV Autonomy
How much autonomy do maritime USVs and UUVs actually need to accomplish their missions now and in the future?
‘Autonomous’, ‘unmanned’, ‘uncrewed’, ‘lean manning’… over...
The Polish Navy acquires iXblue DriX USV to advance its hydrographic operations
The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy has purchased iXblue DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) through the company’s local partner THESTA. The USV will...
ECS’s first UAV and DO-160 certified RF data link to be unveiled at DSEI
Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), a British-based RF technology company part of SPX Corporation, announces the launch of Tove RF data link. Tove is a...
Second EDA OCEAN2020 demonstration tests 12 unmanned systems against variety of threats
Sea trials to demonstrate how the integration of new technologies in unmanned systems were concluded at the end of August in the Hanö Bay,...
Registration is closing soon for SMi Group’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology 2021 Virtual Conference
SMi Group reports: The 4th Annual Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology Conference will commence as a fully interactive virtual event in a few days’ time.
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U.S. Navy begins first Manned-Unmanned Naval Capabilities Exercise in the Pacific
On 19 April the U.S. Navy began its inaugural multi-domain manned and unmanned capabilities exercise, Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP21), which is...
ECA Group Completes UMISAS Sea Trials
ECA Group’s sea trials of its UMISAS synthetic aperture sonar were completed during the second half of 2020 making it possible to integrate the...
Army Robotics will Reinforce Future Riflemen Capabilities
The US Army is conducting robotics programmes to establish how this technology will benefit solders and their capabilities in future operations.
Robotics Programmes
Current robotics programmes...
NATO’s CMRE adds unmanned vehicles to ‘Dynamic Manta’ submarine hunt
NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) is operating unmanned vehicles as additional submarine hunters during the alliance’s Dynamic Manta exercise, taking place...
Top-level Speakers Announced for Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology 2020 in London
SMi Reports: Expert speakers at the event in May, will provide a discussion on unmanned systems across the full maritime domain, including undersea, surface,...
