L3Harris Displays Iver4 900 UUV at WDS-22 In Saudi, 1st Time Outside...
L3Harris demonstrated its Iver4 900 advanced undersea vehicle at the ongoing World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia. It is the first time that the company presented the UUV outside of the U
Textron Systems Wins $42M Unmanned Influence Sweep System USV Support Contract
The Pentagon today awarded Textron Systems nearly $42 million to support the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) project. The contract covers provision of engineering and technical support, incidental materials and travel for the USV program
French Navy to Operate up to 6000 M Depth in Preparation for...
The French Ministry of Defense has put forth a strategy aimed at broadening the capabilities of anticipation and action of the French Navy up to 6,000 m depth. The French Navy already has mine warfare and hydro-oceanography capabilities contributing to the control of the seabed
Rubin Design Bureau Introduces Second Iteration of Heavily-Armed Submersible Patrol Ship
Russias Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering has unveiled the second modification of the armed Strazh (Sentinel) submersible patrol ship. Strazh combines the advantages of a submarine and a surface patrol ship
Ocean Infinity Orders HUGIN AUVs from Kongsberg
Ocean Infinity has signed an order with Kongsberg Maritime for 6 HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) rated to 3000 metres depth. The vehicles are equipped with a geophysical sensor suite and the latest generation KONGSBERG batteries
Solution for Lateral Deployment and Recovery of Drones for Belgian-Dutch Mine Hunter...
Belgium Naval & Robotics (BNR) and Naval Group-ECA consortium tested the solution for rallying, recovering, maintaining and launching surface drones (Launch And Recovery System or LARS) in Toulon recently. On January 13, a demonstration of the deployment and recovery operation of the fully remotely operated USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) and a presentation of the test results took place in the presence of the Royal Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the rMCM (Replacement Mine Counter Measure) program
Russia Working on First Ever Robotic Torpedo-Carrying Submarine Hunter
Russia is developing an unmanned torpedo-carrying ship capable of autonomously detecting and eliminating enemy submarines in distant waters and Arctic latitudes. "Work is currently underway at the design firms own initiative to develop an unmanned craft designated to hunt down and eliminate adversary submarines in autonomous mode
HII Demos Open Architecture Autonomy Integration Capability with Sea Machines’ SM300
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Technical Solutions division announced successful integration of its advanced autonomy solutions with Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomy product. The integration of these autonomous capabilities supports complex mission planning and collaboration between unmanned systems
DARPA Selects Performers to Build Manta Ray Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
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Turkey’s Fleet Replenishment Vessel to Operate with Unmanned Vessels
Turkeys fleet replenishment vessels (DIMDEG), first of which will be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in 2023, will jointly operating with unmanned marine vessels. Veteran Col
Chinese Firm Develops ‘Intelligent’ High-Speed Ship Drones
Chinas Yunzhou Tech has developed an unmanned high-speed vessel that has achieved a breakthrough in its dynamic cooperative confrontation technology, which could quickly intercept, besiege and expel invasive targets. Compared with manned vessels, ship drones have the advantages of low cost, multiple functions, strong scalability, high mobility and long duration
Singaporean F-16 Fighter Crashes During Take-off, Pilot Hurt
Indonesia Awaits "Accommodating" Conditions to Resume Su-35 Fighter Jet Deal with Russia
Russian Army Receives T-72B3M, T-90M Battle Tanks
U.S. Approves $144M HARM Missile Upgrade Sale to U.A.E.
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1