Nortek Joins USF to Redeploy ACDPs for Gulf Ecosystem Research
of the Gulf Coast, resulting in the creation of the Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program (FLRACEP) at the University of South Florida (USF). Since being initiated in 2015, FLRACEP has funded more than 30 projects, supporting fisheries, ecosystem monitoring, mapping and ocean observing technologies.Currently, USF has research teams studying the De Soto Canyon area south of the Florida panhandle, where the continental shelf drops off steeply, creating a hotspot for marine biodiversity. Their research goals include investigating circulation patterns in the area, observing how the shelf break
UTEC Deploys Hybrid Acoustic-Inertial Positioning System for Offshore Construction
the need for resilient positioning systems in regions where GNSS disruption is becoming an operational reality.Recognizing the growing challenge, UTEC took steps to develop a solution capable of operating independently of GNSS. By combining its offshore operational expertise with Sonardyne's technologies and software, UTEC developed a hybrid acoustic-inertial positioning system that enables operators to maintain accurate navigation even when GNSS signals are disrupted or unreliable. When GNSS is available, operators can use it alongside the inertial positioning system and benefit from both.The
Sealartec Wins USCG Contract Under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program
recovery systems are widely used, yet all face the same challenge: safe recovery as sea states rise. While autonomous launch and recovery is essential for uncrewed systems, it can significantly improve manned recovery operations as well."The Foreign Comparative Testing Program evaluates mature technologies developed by allied nations against U.S. military requirements, providing a pathway to assess commercially developed systems without beginning a new development program.For Sealartec, the contract represents an opportunity to demonstrate ALR-S in an operational Coast Guard environment and gather
CSignum Releases Solution for Through-Ground Wireless Communications
or embedded in structures traditionally rely on physical cabling to reach accessible data acquisition equipment. Installation, excavation, pile driving, ground settlement, and long-term operation can damage these connections or complicate routing and maintenance. Conventional radio-frequency wireless technologies also experience substantial attenuation through soil, rock, and concrete. EMFS provides a different communications approach by transmitting data wirelessly through these challenging materials rather than depending on an unobstructed radio path.EM-2S supports bidirectional communications over
Balaena, Kongsberg Team Up to Bring Arctic Hunter USV to Royal Navy
Navy's emerging Type 92 anti-submarine warfare requirement.The agreement, signed at Kongsberg Maritime's offices in Norway on November 11, builds on an existing relationship between the companies and aims to combine British shipbuilding capabilities with Norwegian vessel design and autonomous technologies.Arctic Hunter is designed for uncrewed naval operations in extreme Arctic conditions, combining Kongsberg Maritime's commercial vessel designs and remote and autonomous technologies with sonar and military communications capabilities from UK defence technology company Thales.The proposed vessel
Coast Guard Wraps Up Seasonal Great Lakes USV Evaluation
Vehicles (USVs) on the Great Lakes this week ahead of forecasted winter icing conditions. Following the completion of this seasonal evaluation, the Coast Guard intends to conduct an additional test and evaluation period in the spring of 2027 as part of a service-wide effort to evaluate how autonomous technologies enhance Coast Guard missions and assist operators.Deployed between April and November 2026 across the Great Lakes, the six 33-foot, wind- and solar-powered vessels provided Coast Guard command centers and boat stations with real-time offshore weather data and operational insight across thousands
Optics11 Receives Additional $55m Investment to Meet Global Security Infrastructure Demands
increasingly extends beyond traditional military domains and into the seas, while global electricity networks face growing pressure from electrification, rising energy demand and the need for greater grid resilience. Together, these challenges are creating international demand for advanced sensing technologies capable of protecting the infrastructure upon which modern economies depend.At the heart of Optics11 is the same fiber optic sensing technology first developed from research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, from which the Company was founded in 2011. By using light to capture minute acoustic signals
Kongsberg Maritime Unveils Arctic Hunter USV
uncrewed surface vessels designed for rapid integration and deployment into Hybrid Fleets.In response to the UK Royal Navy’s development of its hybrid fleet of crewed and uncrewed assets, the Arctic Hunter USV combines commercial ship design with Kongsberg Maritime’s remote and autonomous technologies to deliver anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability in the High North.Kongsberg Maritime has selected one of its Arctic commercial vessel designs to adapt and optimize for the Royal Navy’s Type 92 ASW requirement. Their uncrewed vessel technology has also already received flag-state
Fugro Secures Four-Year Extension for Heerema's Heavy-Lift Fleet
of offshore structures, including oil and gas platforms and offshore wind foundations.The services will help Heerema monitor vessel positioning, asset movements and installation progress during offshore campaigns involving large construction vessels.Under the extended agreement, Fugro will also use technologies such as remote operations to support Heerema's projects, drawing on its global network of remote operations centres.The technology enables real-time oversight of offshore activities, with the aim of improving operational efficiency, safety and flexibility."Over the past four years, we
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