SolarDuck, MARIN Awarded $3.6m to Advance Offshore Floating Power Hub
;3.2 million) subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for the Steady Seas research program. The project will advance the foundational design of SolarDuck's Offshore Floating Power & Utility Hub (OFPH), a single-platform offshore solar solution developed to provide reliable power, communications and other utilities to remote offshore and subsea assets.As offshore energy activity moves further from shore, the need for reliable in-field power is becoming increasingly important. Subsea oil and gas infrastructure, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects, offshore monitoring systems and
KONGSBERG Delivers Vessel Traffic Services Solution to Great Belt VTS
the Danish Armed Forces and the Danish Emergency Management Agency.Great Belt VTS operates in a uniquely complex environment. With safety and security at the forefront, the solution has been designed to meet strict operational needs and requirements, including high availability, redundancy and secure communications.KONGSBERG has delivered Foresight, our in-house developed family of software systems for maritime domain awareness, including special adaptations and development tailored to Great Belt VTS’ needs. The solution is integrated with existing radar and CCTV infrastructure, with KONGSBERG holding
UK Subsea Trials Site Completes First Major Test
and national bodies to view the potential of the three-year, USD$1.59 million (£1.2 million) SSCS project. Delivered by Sonardyne, the SSCS’ infrastructure extends Smart Sound Plymouth and the Western Channel Observatory through a seabed node array for absolute positioning and communications, alongside other intelligent sensors within a highly characterized environment.During the demonstration, both the University of Plymouth’s Seaber autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and an ecoSUB AUV navigated simultaneously using only the seabed node array.At the surface, a PIONEER uncrewed
How JobMarineMan Is Building a Direct Crew Recruitment Ecosystem
content to an audience the platform says exceeds 100,000 maritime professionals — a channel for companies to market themselves to seafarers, not just the other way around. Participating shipowners appear in a public Shipowners Directory to help attract talent, while direct contacts, internal communications, and operational details stay restricted from public access.Marine MAN says the next addition will be an AI-driven crew manning tool, designed to automate CV screening and deliver shortlists of candidates matched against shipowner-defined requirements for final review, expected to roll out later
FAU Receives Grant to Transform Underwater Robotic Communication
, associate director of the CA-AI, the Charles E. Schmidt Research Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and a fellow of FAU’s Sensing Institute (I-SENSE). “Acoustic communication signals can travel long distances but offer limited bandwidth, while optical communications can transmit data quickly but only over short distances.”The FAU-Hydromea solution combines both technologies into a single programmable platform. Long-range acoustic links will provide resilient command-and-control communications, while high-speed visible-light links will enable rapid
Scaling the Uncrewed Fleet: From Single Vessels to System-Level Operations
same time. This includes understanding how vessels will be deployed, how they interact with other assets, and how risks are managed.Designing for failure is particularly important at scale. When multiple vessels are operating simultaneously, the ability to safely manage faults, whether in sensors, communications or control systems, becomes even more critical.Fail-safe mechanisms, clear intervention protocols, and the ability to bring any vessel into a safe state are essential components of scalable operations.Standardization and consistencyAs USV operations grow, the need for consistency across the industry
Cellula Robotics, Integer Technologies to Advance Adaptive Mission Assurance for Multi-Vehicle Undersea Operations
software for maritime operations. The agreement establishes a cooperative framework to layer Integer's DIGIT COMMAND operator software with Cellula's mission control software for its advanced unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) platforms, enhancing mission reliability for customers operating in communications-constrained environments.Integer's DIGIT Mission Assurance Platform fuses high-fidelity digital twins with real-time environmental forecasting, empowering uniformed operators to assess, coordinate and adapt mission plans at the tactical edge. DIGIT COMMAND is the company's multiagent
SYOS Introduces SU10 UUV
battery endurance or can operate indefinitely with surface power. The ultra-slim fibre-optic-enabled system delivers precise performance, supporting persistent operations in high-flow, open-sea environments. It can be launched, operated, and recovered from anywhere in the world through a satellite communications link via a surface link.The SU10 runs on AAIMS, SYOS’s proprietary autonomy software stack. Built on an open architecture, it enables operators to plan, task, and re-task multiple vehicles across domains in real time —getting vehicles to the right places, quickly, at scale.Live data
Australian Quantum Technology to Support National Defence Strategy
A new quantum clock technology developed in Australia has now been deployed in space.Developed by QuantX Labs, TEMPO delivers up to 10 times the performance of current GNSS-based timing systems. In space, that translates to more resilient communications, more accurate navigation and harder-to-disrupt synchronization between satellites and ground systems – capabilities that matter when GPS is jammed, spoofed or unavailable.The development comes as the Australian Government released the 2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program last month, committing A$425 billion over the
February 2026
