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...
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
Naval Group Launches Mine Counter Measures Lab in Brussels
Naval Group announced the creation of the MCM (Mine CounterMeasures) R&D centre within its subsidiary, Naval Group Belgium, on Thursday. This centre will work jointly with Belgian partners in a collaborative laboratory called the MCM Lab
UAE-Israel to Jointly Develop Advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels
UAEs state-owned EDGE signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), to jointly design a first-in-class series of 17m unmanned surface vessels (USV) at the Dubai Airshow 2021. EDGE is leveraging its entity, ADSB, the regional leader in the design, new build, repair, maintenance, refit and conversion of naval and commercial vessels, to collaborate with the Israeli defense company to develop the USVs
Turkish Military Orders 12 Hurjet Block-1 Aircraft
Argentina gets U.S. Nod to Buy Basler BT-67 Aircraft
Netherlands, Czech Republic to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine
First Batch of Modernized Dutch Apache Echo Helicopters Now Combat-Ready
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
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U