• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UK’s NOC selects Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav 700

  12th April 2019

  Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav inertial navigation system (INS) has been selected by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) for its under-ice Autosub2KUI (A2KUI) AUV, the company announced …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Ocean Business 2019: Teledyne shows off the SeaRaptor

  9th April 2019

  Teledyne Technologies was out in force at Ocean Business, displaying its range of sensors and unmanned vehicles, including the SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). With one …

• Naval Warfare

  SeaSpider ATT completes trials in Baltic Sea

  4th April 2019

  Atlas Elektronik’s SeaSpider anti-torpedo-torpedo (ATT) has successfully completed sea trials in cooperation with the German Bundeswehr technical center for ships and naval weapons, maritime technology …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  L3, Sonardyne introduce 6G-enabled AUVs

  1st April 2019

  L3 Technologies, together with Sonardyne, will offer 6G-enabled capability across its commercial autonomous vessel product range, the company announced on 26 March. L3’s C-Stat 2 …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UAE Navy receives Teledyne’s unmanned systems

  26th February 2019

  Teledyne Marine – Vehicles has delivered unmanned systems to the UAE Navy to support SAR applications, the company announced on 20 February. The sale and …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Kawasaki establishes new UK subsidiary

  6th February 2019

  Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched a subsidiary in Aberdeen, Scotland, called Kawasaki Subsea (UK) Limited, to support the production, sale and post-sale servicing of AUVs, …

• Special Operations

  SOCOM lifts the veil on Next Generation AGMS

  11th February 2019

  USSOCOM representatives have provided the first glimpse of a potential follow-on program to the command’s seldom-discussed Armored Ground Mobility System (AGMS). The program, currently dubbed …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  ADECS 2019: Kawasaki to develop Deep-sea Storage Terminal System

  25th January 2019

  Kawasaki Heavy Industries has received an order to design and produce the Deep-sea Storage Terminal System for extended deployment of AUVs, the company announced on …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  ecoSUB in AUV trials

  8th January 2019

  The ecoSUB AUV has been successfully trialled in the North Sea off Orkney during a marine robot demonstrator mission co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Remus 6000 AUV for JAMSTEC

  22nd November 2018

  Hydroid has received an order from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC) for its Remus 6000 AUV to support deep sea resource exploration, …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Sonardyne leads P3AUV project

  27th November 2018

  Sonardyne has kicked-off the Precise Positioning for Persistent AUVs (P3AUV) project to enable AUVs to navigate more effectively with less surface support and for longer …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Ocean Infinity orders additional Hugin AUVs

  13th November 2018

  Kongsberg Maritime has received three orders from hydrographic and geophysical survey company Ocean Infinity to deliver a total of five new Hugin AUVs, the company …

• Military Logistics

  Netherlands navy recognised as Remus service centre

  4th October 2018

  Hydroid has recognised the Sensor and Weapon Systems Department of the Royal Netherlands Navy's Directorate of Materiel Sustainment as an authorised Remus AUV service centre. …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Teledyne Gavia to support Danish Navy's Gavia AUV

  27th September 2018

  Teledyne Gavia will support the Danish Navy’s Gavia AUV under an agreement with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization announced on 24 September. The …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  RNLN integrates SeeByte’s Neptune into AUV fleet

  2nd October 2018

  The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has integrated SeeByte’s Neptune software into its fleet of Remus 100 AUVs, the company announced on 28 September. In addition …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military - UUVs

  XLUUV [USN]

  Background Requirements According to the FY27-FY31 shipbuilding plan, the XLUUVs will be “pier-launched vessels with a modular design that can accommodate a variety of payloads”. They ...

• Minehunters

  Kormoran II Class MCM (4-6) [Poland]

  Programme Background Timeline As of March 2022, the Kormoran II-class consists of six minehunters for the Polish Navy. However, as of June 2022, only one vessel has been ...

• Minehunters

  Tripartite Class Replacement Programme (1-6) [Belgium]

  Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite-class MCM, which are due to ...

• Minehunters

  Tripartite Class Replacement Programme [Netherlands]

  Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite class MCM's which are due ...

• Military - USVs

  MUSV [USN]

  Programme Background Requirements In March 2026, the US announced it would be replacing its Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) programme with a Medium Uncrewed Surface ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Military - UUVs

  Dive-LD

  The Dive-LD is a modular autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) initially developed by Dive Technologies, which was acquired by US defence contractor Anduril in 2022.

• Military - UUVs

  Greyshark

  Greyshark is an autonomous underwater vessel (AUV) developed by the German company Euroatlas and first showcased at Euronaval 2024 in Paris. The manufacturer aims to ...

• Military - UUVs

  HUGIN Superior

  The HUGIN Superior is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Kongsberg Maritime. The AUV is designed for government, commercial, and scientific missions.

• Data links

  Seatooth+ Power

  Seatooth+ Power combines the ability to transmit and receive data wirelessly and also provides a wireless power source in a single unit. It incorporates short-range, ...

• Sea: sonar systems

  KraitArray

  The KraitArray is a family of acoustic array sonars manufactured by SEA in the United Kingdom. They are designed for static, or low-speed, towed applications. ...

• Military - UUVs

  NETA 300

  STM's NETA 300 is an autonomous underwater vessel (AUV). It is designed with a modular structure and is intended to be deployed on operations including ...

• Military - UUVs

  HUGIN Endurance

  The HUGIN Endurance is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Kongsberg Discovery. It is the newest member of the HUGIN AUV family and is ...

• Military - UUVs

  Gavia AUV

  The Gavia AUV, previously the Offshore Surveyor AUV, is manufactured by Teledyne Gavia. It can be used for low logistics, vessels of opportunity, commercial surveys including construction support, ...

• Military - UUVs

  MiLLi AUV

  The MiLLi AUV is a lightweight platform manufactured by Gate Elektronik. It is designed for mine and torpedo detection in harbour channels. It can also support rescue ...

• Military - UUVs

  Mercury AUV

  The Mercury AUV is an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) developed by ST Engineering. Its applications include Mine Counter Measures (MCM), pipeline and cable inspections, debris ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Vector Hawk

  The Vector Hawk UAV can switch between multiple configurations, including fixed-wing, VTOL and tiltrotor, for different missions. The Vector Hawk has fully autonomous flight, landing ...

• Military - UUVs

  A9-M

  The A9-M is a light, man-portable AUV, enabling deployment from small craft and in shallow water as a hand-launched vehicle. It is developed Exail. This AUV ...

• Military - UUVs

  HUGIN Edge

  The HUGIN Edge is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Kongsberg. The platform is intended for defence, commercial and scientific missions, including mine countermeasures, ...

• UAS: Integrated systems - uncrewed

  KI-4921 Tactical Grade Modular IMU/INU

  Kearfott's KI-4921/KI-4922 monolithic ring laser gyro and accelerometer triad-based IMU/INU delivers two functionalities in a modular configuration (kit) which can serve as an IMU/INU for ...

• Military - UUVs

  Echo Voyager

  The Echo Voyager is an XLUUV designed by Boeing to function as a high endurance long-range AUV.