The Navy’s Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has started the second phase of an unmanned vessel program that it calls “Ghost Fleet Overlord.” The program, developed by the
The U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet has released video of an incident in the Phillipine Sea yesterday in which a Russian destroyer and an American guided-missile cruiser were in a near-collision. A Seventh
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 — Earlier this month, L3 Technologies (NYSE:LLL) said that it had appointed former Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean J. Stackley as Corporate Senior VP and President, Communications &
MARCH 21, 2018 — A research project led by Rolls-Royce has demonstrated that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules. Rolls-Royce’s partners in the
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — While a number of leading European players continue to research autonomous vessels conduct testing and talk endlessly about their promise, a Boston, MA, based start-up looks to have
JULY 18, 2017—Autonomous vessels and unmanned ships aren’t light years away, but are far closer than you might think. The following article, originally published under the title, “The Future is Now: Unmanned
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Dr. Frank Lawrence Wiswall Junior, former Chair of the IMO Legal Committee and Vice President (Honoris Causa) of the Comité Maritime International (CMI), has received the prestigious International
AUGUST 17, 2016 — Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., has cooperated with SUNY Maritime College to hold a USCG Leadership & Managerial Skills Course for its vessel employees. Effective March 24, 2014, additional
APRIL 13, 2016 — Blount Boats, has delivered the Atlantic Pioneer, America’s first U.S. Flagged Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) from its Warren, RI, shipyard. It will begin service for Atlantic Wind Transfers
APRIL 7, 2016 — DARPA’s sub-hunting super drone vessel was officially named Sea Hunter today in a ceremony in Portland, OR. Developed by the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) Anti-Submarine Warfare
