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
BIRNS, JOWO Partner
performance subsea connectors, custom cable assemblies and lighting systems, has announced an Authorized Dealer partnership with JOWO Systemtechnik AG. Based in Germany, JOWO specializes in electrical and fiber optic connectors and systems for marine and underwater applications, offshore and defense technology, broadcast solutions, aerospace engineering and hazardous areas. With the new agreement, JOWO will have exclusive representation of BIRNS subsea interconnect products and penetrator assemblies in Germany and South Korea.“JOWO’s deep expertise in advanced connectivity systems makes
Forcys and Cubedin Partner on Mine Countermeasures Technology
Underwater defense technology company Forcys and modular infrastructure company Cubedin have announced a strategic partnership to provide rapidly deployable modular mine countermeasures (MCM) solutions.Forcys integrates solutions from Chelsea Technologies, EIVA, Sonardyne, Voyis and Wavefront Systems. It will harness these capabilities to deliver highly customizable, interoperable, and containerized solutions for complex naval missions.At the core of this integration is Forcys’ MCM-in-a-box, designed and developed by EIVA. The 20-foot Cube module solution features EIVA’s remotely operated
Water Linked Introduces 3D Sonar Technology
Water Linked, a sensor and surveillance technology provider from Trondheim, Norway, is presenting a new form of 3D sonar technology at the Underwater Defense Technology exhibition this week.The Sonar 3D-15 provides real-time 3D imaging with point cloud generation, enabling live, precise and comprehensive visualization of underwater environments. Because of its high resolution and short-range capabilities it is especially useful for close-proximity operations, such as identification and classification of target types and inspection of hard to inspect areas, such as ship hulls. The Sonar 3D-15 provides
XLUUV: If You Build It, They Will Buy
edge enjoyed by Australia and our partners is narrowing.” The sense of urgency is clear. But with only a small fleet of aging attack subs, how can the RAN augment its undersea defenses in order to secure its maritime interests?Photo courtesy Cellula RoboticsEnter Anduril Industries, a U.S. defense technology company and developer of autonomous systems, who, in May, announced a partnership with the RAN to deliver three XL-AUV (extra large autonomous underwater vehicles) by 2023. Anduril’s focus has been air and force protection systems, but earlier this year the company moved into the
Anduril to Build Extra Large AUVs for Royal Australian Navy
Defense technology company Anduril Industries has entered into commercial negotiations with the Australian Defence Force for a US$100 million co-funded design, development, and manufacturing program for Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) for the Royal Australian Navy.According to Anduril, the XL-AUV will be an affordable, autonomous, long-endurance, multi-mission capable AUV. "It is modular, customizable, and can be optimized with a variety of payloads for a wide range of military and non-military missions such as advanced intelligence, infrastructure inspection,
Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future
m depth, due to limitations of some of the pH sensors and buoyancy foam that are part of the sensor suite GEOMAR wants to use with it, says Dr Flögel. However, it’s targeting 3000 m by 2023-24.A 48-hour test was carried out in the Baltic Sea in November last year, in cooperation with the Defense Technology Service Unit 71 of the German Army in Eckernförde. Further tests were run in February, and a further sea trial on RV Alkor, extending the test to 72 hours, is planned for March. These are mostly focused on stability and power management – efficiently recharging the battery in a way
Brix Marine Building Research Vessel for Northrop Grumman
Boatbuilder Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA) has been contracted by aerospace and defense technology company, Northrop Grumman, to build a catamaran survey-research vessel, slated for fall 2021 completion.The 44- by 16-foot vessel is Brix’s third IPS-drive catamaran; the first two were 4216-CTC models, both delivered in 2019, to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography (R/V Bob and Betty Beyster) and Orca Maritime, Inc. (R/V Benthic Cat), respectively.Northrop Grumman said they will utilize the vessel for testing commercial navigation systems, undersea and aviation
HII Delivers REMUS 100 to the German Navy
, president of Technical Solutions’ Unmanned Systems business group. “Their new REMUS 100s will provide the latest technology to assist them in conducting their MCM operations.”The German Navy previously acquired legacy REMUS 100 UUVs after extensive trials by the Federal Office of Defense Technology & Procurement. For the past seven years, the German Navy has been using these successfully for area search, debris field mapping, and topographic ocean floor mapping in water down to 100 meters. The UUVs are outfitted with side scan sonar, using sound to create images of the ocean floor
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