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31 August

Sea

Voltaic Marine Pairs Electric Drone Boat With Remote Turret in Recent Sea Trials

Voltaic Marine has trialed a new configuration of its AEU39 uncrewed surface vessel with a remote weapon turret in a recent exercise at sea.

27 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

British Firm Deploys Surface Drones From Larger USV in Landmark Test

ZeroUSV has demonstrated an autonomous deployment of two surface drones from an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) during a test, claiming a “world’s first” achievement in maritime autonomy.

26 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Lockheed, Saildrone Demo Missile Launch Directly From Drone Boat

Lockheed Martin and Saildrone have teamed up to launch two rounds of Joint-Air-to-Ground Missiles directly from a Surveyor-class unmanned surface vessel.

18 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ultra Maritime Tests Combined Active, Passive Sonar Against Underwater Drones

Ultra Maritime has demonstrated an integrated sonar capability combining active and passive sensing for anti-submarine warfare and counter-unmanned underwater vehicle missions.

17 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

A Floating Gun Station Gives Russia a New Defense Against Sea Drones

Russia has presented its latest solution for defending naval crews from uncrewed surface vessels: a floating platform armed with a remotely operated machine gun.

14 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

The Next Underwater Ship Inspector Is a Robot Called ‘Bayonet Sweep’

A Vermont firm is handing underwater inspection and maintenance tasks to robots instead of human divers.

13 August

Americas

L3Harris towed array systems help US Navy submarines with extended acoustic detection capabilities.

Jodesz Gavilan

L3Harris Opens Rhode Island Facility for Naval Training Systems

L3Harris Technologies has opened a new facility in Rhode Island to produce undersea training systems for the US Navy and allied forces.

12 August

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Raytheon’s New UUV Challenges the Cost of Long-Range Undersea Missions

Raytheon is challenging the economics of long-range underwater operations with a new unmanned undersea vehicle built to go farther without driving up costs.

11 August

Sea