Navy issues RFI for Large Unmanned Surface Vessels
One of the surprises in the Navy’s FY2020 budget request was the inclusion of “two large unmanned surface vessels” in the ship construction submission. As we noted earlier this week (see story),
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Bourbon gives its support to autonomous OSV project
JULY 11, 2017 — Offshore services giant Bourbon has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support Automated Ships Ltd. in commissioning the world’s first unmanned and fully-automated vessel for offshore
GD marks milestone in UUV program
MARCH 20, 2017 — General Dynamics Mission System has completed a comprehensive evaluation of Knifefish, an autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV). In coordination with the U.S. Navy, the
MOU for construction of unmanned offshore vessel
NOVEMBER 1, 2016 — The U.K.’s Automated Ships Ltd (an M Subs Ltd subsidiary) and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the Hrönn, the world’s first unmanned
Unmanned vessel to demonstrate mine hunting capability
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016—Northrop Grumman Corporation recently announced that it would demonstrate its unmanned mine hunting capability in the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise. The unmanned mine hunting element of Unmanned Warrior will
Role of robots in maritime search and rescue explored
OCTOBER 26, 2014—Robots and autonomous underwater vehicles are playing an increasing role in commercial maritime and offshore oil and gas operations for such things as oil and gas exploration, subsea work, repairs
Future short sea ships: battery powered and unmanned?
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL thinks that an unmanned, battery powered vessel could revolutionize short sea shipping. DNV GL says that short sea shipping is a promising alternative to