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UDT 2016: Norway eyes Russian activity
1st June 2016
Russian naval presence in the North Atlantic and High North areas is beginning to bring about the revisited notion of collective defence in the maritime …
BAE Systems will be demonstrating Phase 2 of their new unmanned systems command and control technology at the Unmanned Warrior exercises in October. Designated the …
An American company is bidding to become the second largest operator of Hugin AUVs in the world. It will begin taking delivery of its 14 …
1st June 2016
Russian naval presence in the North Atlantic and High North areas is beginning to bring about the revisited notion of collective defence in the maritime …
1st June 2016
As UDT 2016 gets underway, the Norwegian government is recognising that maritime anti-access and sea lane denial is becoming increasingly important, as countries see their …
31st May 2016
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) have announced that it will present the company's unmanned mine hunting mission system, ARCIMS, at the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior demonstration …
27th May 2016
As military sub-surface activity in northern European waters reaches heights not seen for more than a generation, one of the main focuses for those attending …
25th May 2016
French defence company DCNS has their eyes on the proposed plan by the Norwegian MoD to replace their Ula-class diesel electric boats with new boats. …
19th May 2016
After prior display at various exhibitions, Saab North America used the Sea-Air-Space 2016 event to ‘officially’ launch its Sea Wasp underwater anti-IED robot. Sea Wasp …
17th May 2016
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of UGM-84L Harpoon Block II encapsulated missiles to Egypt, it …
17th May 2016
Six years after it was commissioned, the underwater security system protecting an undisclosed waterside facility in the Middle East, is to be expanded and upgraded …
16th May 2016
Personnel from the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) have completed an ROV training course on the Saab Seaeye Falcon, a system regularly used by the …
11th May 2016
As industry prepares for the upcoming Unmanned Warrior exercises off the UK coast in October, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded Qinetiq a £1 million …
4th May 2016
The South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) could seek a solution to illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing through the Wave Glider …
3rd May 2016
C-Worker 5 and C-Worker 6 unmanned surface vehicles will be redeployed to the Gulf of Mexico in 2017 to assist in ongoing research into the …
3rd May 2016
Ireland's Department of Defence is preparing to issue a request for tenders for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of hunting for sea mines. Officials …
29th April 2016
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $20,406,692 contract for the procurement of up to four AN/AQS-20A sonar mine detecting sets. The AN/AQS-20A sonar is …
29th April 2016
Two oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessels delivered to the Indonesian Navy recently will utilise new AUVs. The ships will be equipped with Kongsberg’s Hugin AUV …
26th April 2016
France’s DCNS has been selected as winner of Australia’s AU$50 billion (US$38.5 billion) Project Sea 1000 Future Submarine programme. The Cherbourg-based shipbuilder will help design …
24th April 2016
ECA Group has successfully demonstrated the operational effectiveness of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) A9-M for mine-warfare operations, the company announced on 20 April. As …
22nd April 2016
The US Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and the Naval Post Graduate School are jointly developing a remotely-operated unmanned underwater vehicle …
21st April 2016
Statoil and Kongsberg Maritime have signed an agreement with Eelume to accelerate the development of a new snake-like swimming underwater unmanned vehicle (UUV) that can …
18th April 2016
BAE Systems has received a $22.1 million contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to produce and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers, the company announced …