AeroVironment Launches Mission Specialist Wraith UUV
Wraith Expeditionary configuration marks the first step in a planned spiral development for the product. Future iterations will expand depth capability, payload capacity, endurance, and system flexibility, ensuring the Wraith platform continues to evolve alongside customer requirements and emerging technologies.Details regarding VideoRay’s Mission Specialist Wraith are available at: https://videoray.com/products/mission-specialist-wrait
Advanced Navigation Appoints New APAC Head to Drive PNT Solutions
;s dual-use Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions across extreme environments, from deep sea to space.Toscan joins Advanced Navigation after nearly two decades of supporting the Federal Government, Defence and industry in the procurement, delivery, and employment of advanced technologies critical to Australia’s national interests.Her career highlights include:Anduril Industries: Director of Strategy and Commercial, leading growth across the air, land, sea, and space domainsGoogle: Account Executive, introducing the platform to the Federal GovernmentLeidos:
Viridien Gets On Board Integrated Multi-Client Data Project off Malta
dataset for the country’s offshore area.By revitalizing existing seismic and well data, this project will advance the understanding and promotion of Malta’s offshore petroleum potential in the Central Mediterranean.Through this agreement, Viridien will deploy its high-end imaging technologies and advanced workflows to significantly enhance data quality and subsurface insight.A regional geological study, based on this newly integrated dataset, will also provide a much clearer view of the petroleum systems and prospectivity of Malta’s offshore acreage, supporting future licensing
Advanced Navigation Appoints New APAC Head
forefront of national and commercial interests across the region.”Toscan is uniquely qualified to lead this crucial expansion. She joins Advanced Navigation after nearly two decades of supporting Defence, Federal Government, and industry in the procurement, delivery, and employment of advanced technologies critical to Australia’s national interests.Her career highlights showcase a powerful blend of military discipline and commercial acumen:Anduril Industries: Director of Strategy and Commercial, leading growth across the air, land, sea, and space domainsGoogle: Account Executive, introducing
HII Expands Portchester, UK Facility for Unmanned Systems
in the United Kingdom and increases capacity and support for the U.K. Royal Navy and European partners that operate the REMUS line of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).In addition to supporting regional unmanned customers, the Portchester facility will serve as a European hub for HII’s Mission Technologies division, enabling customer support for U.S. combatant commands and allied missions. The site will provide operational, technical, and logistics support to deploy, sustain, and integrate electronic warfare and C5ISR systems, fleet modernization efforts, artificial intelligence capabilities, and
Clear Water Systems to Tackle Algal Blooms with HydroSurv USV
(USV), offering a capable and adaptable platform for hosting specialist environmental payloads, including Clear Water Systems’ SlipStream processor, during trials.The 3.5 meter electric vessel features a 24kWh battery-electric powertrain driving twin 5kW steerable pod drives from Rim Drive Technologies, delivering quiet, emission-free operation with exceptional maneuverability and endurance. The REAV-35 builds upon HydroSurv’s established family of USVs proven in environmental monitoring and water quality applications across the UK.This initiative marks a step toward climate resilience
Babcock, Frankenburg Partner on Counter‑Drone Maritime Defense System
Babcock and Frankenburg Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore development of a new maritime counter‑drone air defense system in response to the rise of one‑way attack drones.Under the agreement, the partners will work on a cost‑effective, containerized platform for launching Frankenburg’s new low‑cost missiles, designed specifically to defend against one‑way attack drones. The capability is intended to offer affordable, scalable, kinetic solutions to protect military personnel and critical national infrastructure across Europe.Frankenburg’s engineering
Vatn Systems Acquires Crewless Marine
acoustic sensing and signal processing.Founded by former Navy engineers, Crewless Marine brings experience in torpedo acoustic systems, hydrophone manufacturing, and real-time signal processing. The acquisition strengthens Vatn's strategy to vertically integrate its tech stack to control critical technologies, reduce supply chain dependencies, and accelerate development cycles for autonomous systems. Additionally, Crewless is executing on a Navy SBIR for "AI/ML Multi-Sensor/Multi-Target Localization."As part of the transaction, Crewless Marine co-founder Steve Bordonaro, PhD, will join Vatn
Subsea Expo 2026 to Showcase "Next Wave" of Underwater Innovation
a wide range of topics, including late life management, underwater robotics, data and digitalization and what the next decade of subsea innovation will look like. A wide range of companies and organizations will feature in the exhibition hall at the event, where they will showcase the latest technologies from across the underwater industry, which is worth USD$12.66 billion (£9.4 billion) annually to the UK economy. Highlights of the exhibition space will include RockSalt Subsea's Fast Rescue Daughter Craft (FRDC) Falcon 1 and Tool Tech's Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Stealth Skid
December 2025
