Saronic’s Marauder Enters On-Water Trials
who need a vessel that can adapt as mission requirements evolve.Marauder addresses a core challenge: delivering persistent, autonomous capability at scale, on a timeline that makes real fleet integration possible. With expanded capacity on track to be completed by the end of 2026, Saronic’s Franklin shipyard will be capable of producing up to 20 Marauders per year. That production rate is what turns autonomous ships from a prototype into a program.A New Model for Modern ShipbuildingThe first Marauder hull moved from initial design to on-water trials in under a year.“I’m incredibly
US Scientists Forecast Below-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
. He said there was a 55% chance the season would produce fewer than the average number of storms and hurricanes.The first storms this season will be named Arthur, Berta, Cesar, Dolly, Edouard and Fay.(Reuters - Reporting by Anjana Anil in Bengaluru and Erwin Seba in Houston; Editing by Nathan Crooks, Franklin Paul, Rod Nickel
NUWC Division Newport Hosts Warfighters Panel, ‘Cup O’ Joe’ to Celebrate Veterans
Sailor Lt. Andrew Emge. The event featured compelling storytelling, plenty of laughter and a special presentation for the youngest member of the group.Renner, a resident of Vancouver, Washington, joined the Navy in 1962 as a teenager from North Dakota and soon thereafter reported to the USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640), which was being constructed at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. During this time, he completed his certification to become a Navy diver and earned his silver “Dolphins” as an enlisted Sailor.The warfare insignia, first proposed by Capt. Ernest J. King, a submarine commander
Titanic Exploration Submersible Missing, Rescue Efforts Underway
an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people. The story has been immortalized in nonfiction and fiction books as well as the 1997 blockbuster movie "Titanic."(Reuters - Reporting by Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh and Njuwa Maina; Additional reporting by Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacu, Franklin Paul, Jonathan Oatis and Cynthia Osterman
3t Energy Buys Petrofac's UK Training Business
in three years, adding to its training businesses: 3t Transform (Learning technology & workforce development solutions) Survivex, and AIS (in-person, technology-enabled training for onshore, offshore, renewable & industrial markets) Drilling Systems (Software based drilling simulation).Kevin Franklin, CEO of 3t Energy Group, says: “Buying Petrofac’s UK in-person training presence was an excellent opportunity that we had to explore. It allows us to extend our customer offering and demonstrates our commitment to providing the very best training to the energy industry.”
Robotics: Autobots Transform in the Offshore Energy Sector
.ly/3cWQDuy)Some tentative steps have also been made into topside robotics, from quadrupeds to crawlers, some in response to concerns around hydrogen sulphide (H2S), which is deadly to humans, and others in response to specific incidents - Total would have been able to act faster in response to the Elgin/Franklin gas leak in 2012 had it had a suitable robotic system on board, for example.What’s now underway is a drive to get those systems already being used able to do more themselves and for newer platforms to be more offshore ready, for tasks from internal inspection to grit-blasting and even X-rays
Subsea Mining: The Race is On, But Effects are Unclear
can help to lead on this issue. The oceans provide humans with food and oxygen and regulate Earth’s climate. Choices being made now could affect them far into the future in ways that aren’t yet understood.The AuthorsElizabeth M. De Santo is an associate professor of environmental studies at Franklin & Marshall College.Elizabeth Mendenhall is an assistant professor of Marine affairs and political science at the University of Rhode Island.Elizabeth Nyman is an assistant professor of maritime policy at Texas A&M UniversityDr. Rachel Tiller, Senior Research Scientist with SINTEF Ocean,
Video: Seaspan Shipyards Launches CCGS John Cabot
Vessels (OFSV) for the Canadian Coast Guard.The 63.4-meter CCGS John Cabot will next undergo sea trials before its delivery to the Coast Guard later this summer. The vessel will be based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.CCGS John Cabot and previously delivered sister ships, CCGS Sir John Franklin, now stationed in Victoria, British Columbia, and CCGS Capt Jacques Cartier, stationed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, are the first class of ships built under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada’s strategy to renew the fleets of the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal
Kraken Reports Contracts Worth $2.8 Million
critical infrastructure, which must be inspected regularly.Under a recently signed Canadian government contract for our SeaVision underwater laser imaging platform, Kraken expects to be working with Parks Canada’s Underwater Archaeology Team in the Arctic this summer, as a continuation of the 2014 Franklin Expedition.In the last six months, Kraken has completed several successful demonstration trials and commercial contracts with offshore oil and gas customers in North and South America for laser scanning of a wide variety of subsea assets.PowerSubsea Pressure Tolerant Batteries – SeaPowerCompleted
February 2026
