Saildrone and Thales Australia Advance Autonomous Long-range Undersea Surveillance with USV–Towed Array Integration
Saildrone announced a strategic partnership with Thales Australia to integrate the Thales BlueSentry thin-line towed array with Saildrone Surveyor-class uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) for...
Northrop Grumman Completes Assembly of Manta Ray Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle
Northrop Grumman Corporation completed assembly of a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) prototype known as Manta Ray.
A new class of UUV, it is...
Thales Provides Expeditionary Operations Centre Demonstrator to French Navy for Drone-based Mine Countermeasures Missions
Thales took less than six months to develop the Expeditionary Portable Operations Centre (e-POC), a lightweight, full-function mission planning, management and analysis demonstrator...
US Navy to form second USV squadron
The U.S. Navy plans to stand up its second unmanned surface drone squadron this May, two years after the U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) formed...
Beating the Minefield With Autonomous Countermeasures
The potential for autonomous mine hunting is now being realised - and the demand for it is growing.
Technological developments in mine countermeasure (MCM) systems...
2024 will see the AI conveyor belt move faster
During the past five years we've seen the U.S. and European militaries work hard to understand AI, plan for AI and invest in being...
Acquisitions bolster Edge Group’s UAV capabilities
As one might expect UAE defence group Edge had a significant presence at the Dubai Airshow this week, launched 11 new aerospace products. It...
Kraken and L3Harris Collaborate for USSV Innovation
Kraken Technology Group is pleased to announce an official collaboration with L3Harris Technologies to advance the integration of control systems within the K40 MANTA...
USN uncrewed systems exercise demonstrates lethal munitions use from USVs
The US Navy Central Command’s (NAVCENT’s) Gulf-based Task Force 59 (TF59) has conducted a live-firing exercise that included test firing weapons from uncrewed surface...
USN generates multi-task force crewed/uncrewed teaming in Gulf-based maritime security operations
The US Navy (USN) has demonstrated the integration of crewed and uncrewed platforms, drawn from several different USN maritime task groups, to generate enhanced...
