The US Navy has selected HII Mission Technologies’ ROMULUS Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to advance to the at-sea testing phase of its Medium USV (MUSV) program. The ROMULUS family of USVs is designed to deliver high-endurance, sustained open-ocean autonomy with…
The Royal Australian Navy RAN has formally named its Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit (MASU), marking a key step in its transition to a more highly advanced, technology‑enabled future force. The Officer in Charge is CDR Chris Forward. MASU has been…
The Royal Navy is set to purchase 20 uncrewed boats from the Kraken Technology Group in a contract worth £12.3 million ($23.3 million) as it looks to build on its ability to merge both crewed and uncrewed forces. The procurement…
Defence will acquire 40 Australian-designed and built Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) under a $176 million, five-year contract to enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities. The funding, announced by Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence,…
Perth-based Greenroom Robotics and EGS Survey have signed a Fleet Wide Partnership Agreement to equip all future Fremantle-class Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) with Greenroom's GAMA maritime autonomy system, accelerating the shift toward cleaner, lower impact hydrographic survey operations. Under the…
Californian company Saildrone has completed a mission to map the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, using a Saildrone Surveyor Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV). Earlier this year Saildrone and Thales Australia announced a collaboration, funded…
On a recent visit to Anduril Industries’ HQ in Costa Mesa, California, the company’s co-founder Palmer Luckey made a very important point: if you want to build something in large numbers, you need to tailor it to the capabilities of…
Washington DC-based Liquid Robotics displayed its WaveGlider SV3 Block II Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) at Indo Pacific in an attempt to interest the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), but appears to have lost the initiative to Ocius Technologies’ Bluebottle family of…
California-based Anduril Industries and Korean firm HD Hyundai Heavy Industries have announced a partnership to design and produce a new class of dual-use Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASV) that combines HD Hyundai’s legacy in shipbuilding with Anduril’s speed-to-market, software-defined autonomy and…
New Zealand autonomy and uncrewed vehicle specialist Syos Aerospace demonstrated its mastery of both autonomy and the manufacture of uncrewed vehicles when it demonstrated control of its SM300 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), which was based in the UK, from Sydney,…