USVs

In Operation

Ocean Aero Triton

As an Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV), Ocean Aero’s Triton is at home in two domains: surfacing to exploit solar and wind energy, and then folding its wing sail and submerging to avoid detection, harsh weather...

Insight

USVs

Discussions with USV manufacturers over the past few years yielded a mild, but general frustration at the pace with which regulations around autonomous vessels were advancing. The full capabilities of self-sailing, long-endurance, oceangoing...

New Products

AUV for long-duration subsurface missions

Cellula Robotics has demonstrated its Envoy Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, capable of travelling for over 2000 km using a hydrogen fuel cell. The 1.5 kW fuel cell was developed with Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen using its Mystic 2000...

In Operation

Lemvos LM450 USV & DockMaster

As the collective uncrewed systems industry matures, from a predominant focus on technical development to increased capacity for manufacturing reliable and maintainable vehicles at scale, competition inevitably breeds increasingly...

Digest

NEWT21 FOG

FOG is a new 4.7 m shallow-draft USV, offering a payload capacity of 200 kg, developed for use in coastal areas, estuaries, rivers and lakes in a variety of roles. The central idea behind its development, according to CEO...

Dossier

Tuco Marine Group’s ProZero USVs

The town of Faaborg has existed on the Danish island of Funen for over 800 years, and has spent a significant portion of that history as a key shipping and naval hub for the Kingdom of Denmark. Today, among the town’s boat...

In Operation

Mente Marine Callboats CAT 10 L

The maritime passenger transport industry has been a hotbed for autonomy pilot projects for several years now, with legitimate causes beyond the mere profit motive of uncrewed systems manufacturers. For one, while many industries...

In Operation

Subdron vessel damage assessments

For six days in March 2021, the 400 m long container vessel Ever Given sat grounded in the Suez Canal. The majority of related news coverage delved busily into reasons for the grounding, the steps being taken to resolve it and its various consequences...

Insight

USVs

Although AI is booming both as an industry and as a buzzword worldwide, those among our readership understand that the true autonomy of an uncrewed vehicle depends on far more than just its intelligence. It is especially hard to consider...

In Operation

Seasats Lightfish USV

Autonomously crossing the world’s great oceans is a challenging undertaking, but one made easier when uncrewed systems engineers have a large budget to work with, as the last few years have proven. But managing such stable, fault-free and persistent...