The Ukrainian navy—ironically, a fleet without any large ships—got there first, with an unmanned boat that launches explosive ...

This spring, the Defiant will embark upon a multi-month demonstration that will test the craft’s autonomy, endurance, and ...

From advanced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to cutting-edge synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) systems, maritime robotics is ...

The Defiant may have a role in the U.S. Navy’s drone ‘hellscape’ to help defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression ...

Photos of the odd-looking, 180-foot ship escorted by a tugboat through the Puget Sound emerged on Reddit earlier this week ...

Logan Feltes, ThayerMahan deputy director of plans and operations, in the company's headquarters operations center in Groton, Connecticut, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Having raised more than $50 ...

From the very start, human habitation was completely off the table, meaning there are no crew quarters and no galleys aboard. That has given this vessel ...

the drones take human operators out of potential danger zones while maintaining effective mine counter measures. The first system delivered to the French Navy included an unmanned surface vehicle (USV ...

Saildrone (Alameda, Calif., U.S.), a maritime defense and oceanographic survey using a fleet of robotic sailboats to collect real-time data, has received ISO 9001 certification. Assessed by Eagle ...

Until recently, drones were primarily a feature of aerial ... U.S. naval shipyards to produce in a reliable manner. Without the USV revolution, the US Navy will not be able to maintain its ...

The 180ft, 240-ton unmanned surface vessel, a type of drone, was completed last month ... of trials that aim to bring a cost-effective USV to the Navy. The Navy primarily uses USVs for ...