Newport, Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced a new 190-foot autonomous boat, the Romulus 190, that is designed by Sydney-based Incat-Crowther. The new Romulus design is part-built already and will be operational in 2026, says HII’s Duane Fotheringham. It…
Just seven weeks after the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) announced the award of a $1.7 billion contract for the manufacture and support of an undisclosed number of Ghost Shark Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (XL-AUVs), Anduril has officially opened its…
ASCA, Defence's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, seeks proposals to develop and demonstrate a sovereign Prototype Undersea Navigation System (UNS) that can operate in deep ocean transit without relying on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) or acoustic transmissions. Responses are due 12…
Anduril Industries has announced Copperhead, which it describes as a high-speed, software-defined family of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) built for delivery by larger autonomous systems. Or torpedoes, to use an older expression. Victory at sea will require large fleets of…
Californian company Anduril Industries will open a new 100,000-150,000 square foot manufacturing facility to support large-scale production of its Dive-LD family of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, on the east coast of the USA. By investing…
French company Exail, a specialist in underwater drone systems, has signed a contract with the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA - French defence procurement agency) for the rental of an A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the French Navy. The…
The French Groupe Gorgé has acquired fellow French autonomy specialist iXblue. This purchase will bring underwater warfare specialist ECA Group and iXblue together to create a European high-tech industrial champion in the fields of robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics.…