What's next for the Pentagon after the Replicator programme?
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Fugro’s ROV support vessel, Edda Sun, has completed its first inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract for a major energy company in the Danish North Sea.
The vessel has now begun a new contract conducting pipeline inspection for an oil and gas operator in the UK North Sea.
Edda Sun’s ROVs can carry out inspections very close to platforms under challenging environmental conditions.
The vessel can accommodate up to 72 personnel and is equipped with a Sikorsky S-92 compatible helideck, a 70T/11m heave compensated knuckle boom deck crane and a large 7.2m² moonpool. Featuring 625m² of free deck space for project use, among the largest in its class, the Edda Sun has two crane-deployed inspection class ROV systems and one hangar-deployed FCV 3000 class ROV system permanently installed. The vessel also has integrated ROV control, online inspection, survey and offline processing/review offices and client offices.
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
Red Cat and Palladyne AI recently conducted a cross-platform collaborative flight involving three diverse heterogeneous drones.