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
NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute Holds Underwater Systems Showcase
underwater systems can support future ocean exploration. For industry partners, these exchanges also offer valuable insight into researchers' needs and the challenges they face in the field.Sustaining observations in deep seaThe first day featured talks from researchers using Sonardyne and Voyis technologies in the field, demonstrating how these systems are advancing their work.URI Graduate School of Oceanography Professor Kathleen Donohue shared how her team has used Sonardyne instruments to collect and transmit data from the Loop Current, where deployments around the Sigsbee Escarpment and Mississippi
Equinor Launches Marine Robotics Test Center for Offshore Ops (Video)
Equinor has opened a marine robotics test center at the Kårstø processing plant in Norway to develop and qualify underwater robots, autonomous vessels and other technologies aimed at improving offshore operations.The K-lab Marine Robotics Centre (KNARR), inaugurated on October 28 in Tysvær, will provide a testing environment for technologies used in the inspection, monitoring, maintenance and security of offshore installations.Equinor said the facility is among the first test centers of its kind worldwide connected to an operating plant, allowing marine robotic technologies to be
SubSea Craft, NSI Demonstrate Autonomous Systems in Maritime Exercise
underwater. The CADDIS UAS travels to the surface before transitioning to flight and proceeding towards a designated target, with information relayed to the Arowana UUV. Independently deployed from underwater by divers, the Arowana can then proceed towards the designated surface target. All three technologies were selected to participate during Maritime Big Play Pacific through the U.S. Navy BARB solicitation, which sought promising solutions for the emerging undersea warfare battlespace. The BARB assessments took place as part of the larger OUSW(R&E)-sponsored event
CorPower Welcomes Delegates as Portugal Looks to Advance Wave Energy Sector
complement to existing renewable energy sources and supports a more resilient, stable and affordable energy system.The development of a Portuguese wave energy industry can create long-term opportunities across manufacturing, engineering, ports, offshore operations, logistics, vessel services, digital technologies and energy infrastructure.As energy demand accelerates from industrial electrification, green fuels and large-scale data centres, wave energy can help provide fully domestic renewable power while reducing dependence on imported energy and strengthening Portugal's energy sovereignty.The planned
Scientists Demonstrate Technology Reuse Program for Marine Monitoring
processing, satellite connectivity and software infrastructure, while its Project ReCon enables the recovery and reuse of industrial fishing equipment for scientific and environmental applications. BCSS Ocean Observatory contributes the scientific expertise and infrastructure to integrate these technologies into its long-term Ocean Observatory, bridging industrial fisheries and marine conservation.More than 20 Satlink buoys were recovered along the coastlines of South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Madagascar, with support from local communities, and refurbished at the BCSS research station
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