Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems has conducted a series of trials wherein a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being integrated into the company’s Seagull ..
Unmanned Naval Systems
Royal Navy to begin trials of unmanned RIB
The Royal Navy will begin conducting trials of a new unmanned craft to be used for general support duties. The vessel is a modified variant of a 7.8-metre rigid ..
COLUMN | Unmanned naval systems poised for operational service [Naval Gazing]
Unmanned maritime systems are relatively cheap to operate, offer high endurance, with only modest manpower requirements, and have the potential to drastically reduce ..
EDT Offshore PSV to help recover military helicopter lost in fatal crash in Ionian Sea
A vessel operated by Cyprus-based EDT Offshore has set sail for the waters between Greece and Italy to attempt to retrieve the wreckage of a Canadian military helicopter ..
ECA Group to modernise minehunting robots for unnamed customer
French marine robotics firm ECA Group has been awarded a €20 million (US$21.7 million) contract by an undisclosed naval customer to modernise unmanned vehicles used in ..
Royal Navy trials sub-hunting underwater gliders
The Royal Navy has begun conducting trials of underwater gliders to determine their feasibility in anti-submarine warfare (ASW). The unmanned gliders, using their array ..
COLUMN | UK maritime autonomous system programmes gather momentum [Naval Gazing]
Unmanned vessels, increasingly referred to generically as maritime autonomous systems (MAS), are relatively cheap to operate, sparing of scarce manpower, and have the potential to…
COLUMN | US Navy plots a partially unmanned future course [Naval Gazing]
The deployment of unmanned surface vehicles (USV) by the world’s navies continues to gain momentum. Thus far, though, the naval usage of USVs has been…