Teledyne Marine: Vehicles Unit Expands Customer Service and Support
AUV Repair Center in North Falmouth, MassachusettsNew Service Center at Teledyne Raymarine in Fareham, EnglandExpansion of the field engineering teamThe demand for marine technology is on the rise, especially for applications in defense, security, oceanographic research, and environmental monitoring. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), gliders, acoustic underwater communications, and profiling floats are becoming indispensable work horses for these applications. Teledyne Marine is stepping up to meet this demand by delivering solutions and prioritizing faster, more efficient service to optimize system
Vatn Systems, Palantir Partner to Scale Manufacturing of AUVs for National Defense
Vatn Systems, a leading defense technology company building autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for the US military and allies, announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies to further digitize and scale its manufacturing capabilities."Palantir's technology gives us real-time visibility into our operations, strengthening our ability to anticipate challenges, optimize resources, and deliver critical systems to our customers with unprecedented speed and precision," said Nelson Mills, co-founder and CEO of Vatn Systems.The partnership leverages Palantir's software
Cathx Ocean Unveils New INKA Camera
, designed to bring real-time AI-driven decision-making to subsea vehicles. Iris is the first camera built on the INKA platform, delivering imaging and onboard data processing in a compact, power-efficient package. Built on customer feedback and real-world testing, INKA Iris, combined with the Clarity Autonomous Perception Platform, enables subsea vehicles to run AI models directly on the sensor, significantly enhancing real-time data analysis.Unlike traditional systems that require extensive post-processing, INKA Iris processes data in real time, directly on the device. This capability reduces manual
WHOI: Dive Team Awarded by International Organization
around the world. The team supports scientific missions by utilizing various diving techniques, providing essential equipment, and ensuring the safety of divers and the integrity of diving operations. The team is an integral part of the WHOI Reef Solutions initiative, supporting the engineering and autonomous technology used to advance solutions-based coral reef research. The dive team also supports various underwater vehicle operations, including REMUS, an autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) designed by WHOI’s Oceanographic Systems Lab.According to the Academy, the WHOI team was awarded this
Europe’s Seafood Farmers Get Boost from AI Research
," says Fredrik Gröndahl, director of the Blue Food Seafood Centre. Several AI projects are in the works, with the aim of boosting competitiveness in the global sea farming industry.Photo Fredrik GröndahlSo researchers at KTH have been working on substituting boats and divers with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that are to be optimized for the colder Nordic waters. These vessels, which are under development at the Swedish Maritime Robotics Center at KTH, are equipped with sonar and algorithms to detect the submerged ropes that seaweeds grow on. Enabled by artificial intelligence
Podcast: Fascinated by Shipwrecks; USS Monitor Digitally Reimagined
. He’s also participated in projects including a sunken Boeing B-29 Superfortress in Lake Mead, a Civil War blockade runner in Bermuda, USS Arizona, and was most recently part of an expedition to RMS Titanic. Tane’s projects have used technical diving, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and manned submersibles. Watch Fascinated by Shipwrecks, Episode 5, here
USV Developer Closes New Funding Round
The Plymouth-based autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) developer ACUA Ocean has closed its £1.5M Pre-Seed investment round co-led by StealthPoint and Britbots, alongside securing £4M in new and existing research and development grants from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Department for Transport.The pre-seed round, led by StealthPoint, a US defence and intelligence investor deploying capital into hardware and software innovators, focusing on strengthening national security for the US and its allies.The round also saw investment from the
Sulmara Nets $19M Investment for Low-Carbon Offshore Wind Services
capital investors in U.K. and Ireland, to support the expansion of its survey and inspection services in the offshore wind and energy markets.BGF’s investment will support Sulmara’s growth trajectory, including further investment in new technologies such as uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), next generation geophysical sensors and advanced data products.The Glasgow-headquartered business was founded in 2019 and has grown rapidly to more than $70 million annual revenue, delivering a compound annual growth rate of 61% over the last four years, and building
Movella Launches new Xsens Inertial Sensor
data in the most demanding conditions. A key feature that sets this series apart is its advanced signal pipeline with analog filtering, ensuring high vibration resistance for precise measurements even in the most extreme-vibration environments. With this new series, Movella aims to further support autonomous vehicle innovators across a range of applications – either land, air or (sub)sea.This new Sirius series is a game changer for demanding scenarios across diverse vehicle and antenna/payload use cases, including:Marine: Deployed on surface vessels and sub-surface robotics, such as remotely
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