Sea Drone Warfare has Arrived, and the US is Floundering
the WAM-V, an autonomous surface drone."You hit the fact that there is a military industrial complex that has the best lobbyists and knows exactly how the money flows and contracting works in the DOD."A WAM-V unmanned surface vessel operates in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 29, 200 during Digital Horizon 2022. The three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event involved employing new platforms in the region for the first time. (Photo: Brandon Murphy / U.S. Army)A Navy spokesperson said it "acquires capabilities based on fleet demand signals", referring to the messages
Sea Turtle Hormone Levels Affected by Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill -Study
New research is revealing potential impacts on the hormones of sea turtles affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The 2010 spill, the largest marine oil spill in history, is estimated to have exposed hundreds of thousands of sea turtles to oil and killed up to 86,500 juvenile Kemp’s ridley turtles, a critically endangered species. In the aftermath of the oil spill, 319 live sea turtles were recovered from the ocean and taken to rehabilitation facilities for medical assessment and treatment. Responders collected blood samples to assess the health of each turtle, and a
Maritime Risk Symposium 2024 – Great Power Competition and Gray Zone Engagement
, and specifically the Arctic. This panel will explore the risk and impact of such activities.EvergreenMRS 2024 will include a Coast Guard Evergreen event that will also focus on the gray zone. The Evergreen Program is the Coast Guard’s strategic foresight initiative, tasked with looking over the horizon to inform current planning and better prepare the U.S. Coast Guard for an uncertain and unpredictable future. Using scenario-based exercises and workshops involving a diverse group of stakeholders, common strategic needs or key success factors can be identified across multiple plausible scenarios
MBARI Names Kaya Johnson Director of Marine Operations
and engineers to deploy our fleet of research vessels and advanced robots to answer important questions about the health of our ocean,” Johnson said.MBARI president and CEO, Chris Scholin, said, “With a new research vessel joining our fleet soon and a new robotic technology lab on the horizon, we’re thrilled to have Kaya Johnson at the helm of our marine operations. His strong leadership, wealth of knowledge, strategic vision and ability to foster collaborative relationships will be invaluable to MBARI’s work.”MBARI will soon take delivery of its new new oceanographic
Metal Shark Debuts Prowler Autonomous Vessel and Frenzy Micro-USV
Vessel (LRUSV) for the Marine Corps,” said Allard, speaking of the Frenzy micro USV. “There’s a huge need for attritable USVs in a compact form factor, and very few sources. Frenzy will serve this demand, and putting Frenzy onboard Prowler makes perfect sense. Pairing an over-the-horizon capable USV with micro-USVs delivers a one-two punch capability, keeping the key asset safe while allowing the attritable drones to do their job, all while being watched from the sky.”Prowler and Frenzy will make their public debut April 8-10 at Sea-Air-Space 2024 in National Harbor, Md.,
Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project
to enabling the scale-up of more optimal station-keeping concepts and systems for floating offshore wind,” said Christof Dewijngaert, General Manager Synthetics at Bekaert.Sustainability will be the key enabler for the value creation of the Tailwind project, which is funded by the EU’s Horizon Program.A wide range of stakeholders will be engaged to investigate the acceptance of potential new technologies to act as a catalyst for increasing affordable wind power in the energy mix.The Tailwind consortium is composed of NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (Norway), Technische Universiteit
World’s First Floating Wind Innovation Centre Opens
of floating offshore wind technology in the UK, with funding from both the Scottish Government and Innovate UK.Floating offshore wind represents a huge economic opportunity, with more than 19GW of potential projects in the pipeline through the ScotWind Leasing process, a new leasing round on the horizon in the Celtic Sea, and the prospect of transferring skills and knowledge from oil and gas to aid the Just Transition. The INTOG leasing round has also established an opportunity for floating wind to contribute to decarbonising North Sea energy production.Through the successful roll out of this pipeline
Greensea IQ and Ocean Power Technologies Extend Partnership
Power Technologies (OPT) following extension of a contract which began in 2021.Leveraging its versatile open architecture platform OPENSEA, Greensea IQ will continue to work with OPT to develop the next generation of OPT’s Maritime Domain Awareness Solution (MDAS).OPT is renowned for its over-the-horizon (OTH) MDAS-equipped PowerBuoy products. The OPT PowerBuoy serves as a renewable energy solution, harnessing its power from a combination of solar, wind, and wave activity. MDAS is integrated with OPT PowerBuoys to monitor and collect data in marine protected areas, mitigate illegal fishing, provide
Cellula Robotics Names Neil Manning CEO
benefits of utilizing hydrogen fuel cells. This method of generating power offers a higher density approach to energy storage over battery-only systems. This innovation will change the current restrictions of manageable-size autonomous platforms, offering the required endurance to be viable for over the horizon projects - and now it's time to commercialize it. I am excited to lead Cellula as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation and make meaningful contributions to the security, exploration and sustainability of our oceans."
February 2024
