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VIDEO: FMD moves to redefine the limits of maritime technology

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), aims to redefine the technological limits of national security with the establishment of its Technology Center of Excellence. The initiative

Vessel has been trialing autonomous

EPF marks acceptance and autonomy double milestone

PEO Ships reports that the the future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport has successfully completed acceptance trials and unmanned logistics prototype trials. Acceptance trials consist of a series of

tug fitted with Sea Machines autonomy

Sea Machines autonomy system on board Foss tug gains ABS AiP

The Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomy system on board the Foss Maritime tug Rachael Allen gained Approval in Principle from ABS, marking a major advancement in bringing autonomy to the marine supply

Austal USA awarded $44 million to develop EPF autonomy

The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, a $44,000,000 contract modification for the detail design, procurement, production implementation, and demonstration of autonomous capability in Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 13. Work

VIDEO: Huntington Ingalls debuts unmanned surface test vessel

VIDEO: Huntington Ingalls debuts test USV

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its 27-foot Proteus unmanned surface vessel (USV) completed a successful demonstration off the coast of Panama City, Fla., on Friday, May 14. The Proteus USV

Autonomy doubles productivity of Galveston Bay survey boat

DEA Marine Services, a division of Vancouver, Wash., based David Evans and Associates Inc. (DEA) is using a Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomous-command and remote-helm control system as it carries out a

VIDEO: TP Group autonomous navigation system completes sea trials

Reading, U.K., headquartered TP Group plc reports that its patent pending autonomous navigation system, Northstar, has completed its sea trials program, demonstrating that it can safely navigate unmanned vessels in real-time and

Sea Machines autonomy selected for unmanned Wadden Sea surveys

A survey vessel owned by Netherlands-based survey company Deep BV will soon be operating in the Wadden Sea commanded by personnel in the company’s Amsterdam office. Deep, which specializes in hydrography, marine

How autonomous systems support crews, create new opportunities

SPONSORED CONTENT: It’s hard to scan marine industry news without coming across a handful of stories each week dedicated to the subject of marine autonomy. While many are still focused on technologies

Korean Register CEO takes over as IACS Chairman

JUNE 29, 2018 — Jeong-kie Lee, Chairman and CEO of the Korean Register, will succeed DNV GL-Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen as Chairman of IACS (the International Association of Classification Societies) on July