Uncrewed Systems News & Articles

Enhanced Integration of Depro & VideoRay Technologies Boosts Subsea Efficiency

Depro and VideoRay are deepening their partnership to integrate advanced subsea tools and portable ROVs, boosting efficiency and capabilities for global offshore operations

Feb 09, 2024
Greensea IQ’s EverClean Shortlisted for Award

With OTH operational capability and enhanced by Greensea’s refined and modified software system, OPENSEA, EverClean showcases an leap forward in supervised reliable autonomy

Feb 08, 2024
£2.8M Digital Twin of Glider to Optimise Ocean Forecasting

The pilot projects will show how Earth observation data and digital twinning can transform environmental science across areas like climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, and more

Feb 07, 2024
NBOSI to Provide CT Sensors for SailBuoy USVs

NBOSI’s sensors cater to the needs of autonomous underwater and surface ocean vehicles, serving a wide range of sectors including research, offshore operations, survey and defense

Feb 05, 2024
Dynautics Vessel Control System Developed for Surface-Submersible Craft

Dynautics’ customised control system is based on its SPECTRE autopilot technology, and is adapted to work with the complex requirements of hybrid surface and subsurface operations

Jan 24, 2024
Full Autonomous Survey Carried Out in Marine Protected Area

This survey will help determine the suitability of using AUVs for UK offshore marine monitoring, in this case using the University of Southampton’s ‘BioCam’ instrument

Jan 22, 2024
Saab Sells Mine Countermeasure ROV to Kuwait

The Double Eagle ROV can be launched from any type of ship, from the shore, or from a craft of opportunity, providing a deployable solution enabling rapid response to mine threats

Jan 11, 2024
Stabilized Landings for Autonomous Maritime Drones

STABLE has been awarded funds to design a stabilized platform for autonomous offshore wind service drones, based on traditional heave compensation systems for offshore cranes

Dec 22, 2023
Successful Factory Tests for DEME’s Innovative Fall Pipe ROV

A notable innovation of the newly developed Fall Pipe ROV is the integrated rotator, allowing for the offsetting of the ROV’s heading relative to the vessel heading

Dec 20, 2023
Can a Computer Learn to Sail using AI? 

MARIN has released videos detailing its progress in researching whether a computer equipped with AI can learn to sail an Optimist as intuitively as a child

Dec 14, 2023
Breakthrough in Ocean Data Recovery

A wave-propelled USV successfully recovered scientific data from a sensor moored 1,800 metres deep before sending the data back to oceanographers on shore via satellite

Dec 08, 2023
New State-of-the-Art BlueTech Lab Opened

The lab features a 620,000-gallon test tank that can accommodate the use of uncrewed undersea and surface vehicles in a large, controlled space and enables the study of sensing equipment

Dec 07, 2023
Successful Autonomous Explosive Ordnance Disposal Demonstration

Using OPENSEA Edge, the system allows human-on-the-loop autonomy and untethered command and control over the ROV platform

Dec 07, 2023
First Long-Endurance Voyage for Uncrewed Weather Observation Ship

The ship sailed from Jiangsu Province into the Yellow Sea and successfully carried out a three-dimensional cloud and fog observation at sea

Dec 06, 2023
NOAA, RTSys & Arctic Rays Partner for Underwater Research Vehicle

The NemoSens SwordFish will gather baseline seafloor data, tracking changes to these ecosystems over time, set to play a vital role in supporting a vibrant blue economy

Dec 05, 2023
New Hybrid Power USVs Released by Unique Group

These advanced USVs feature two Torqeedo Cruise 6.0RS Engines with Hydraulic Steering, ensuring unparalleled performance and maneuverability

Dec 04, 2023
Greensea IQ Launches Advanced EverClean Service Robot

The EverClean robot provides even more precise hull relative navigation than before, a crucial evolution in making the robots faster and more efficient in cleaning ships

Dec 04, 2023
R7 Compact ROV Aims to Redefine Inspection

Exail’s ROV can carry out search and rescue, black box recovery, retrieval of objects for investigative purposes, assistance to divers, detection, identification, and much more

Nov 30, 2023
Marine Robotics Companies to Deliver Technology to Ukraine

Maritime Robotics' Otter USV, equipped with the Teledyne RESON SeaBAT T51-R multibeam echosounder from Teledyne Marine, is now in use by the Ukrainian Navy

Nov 29, 2023