A Double-Sided Trident: Dual-Use Environmental Data Underpins Subsea Defense
the Ministry of Defense headquartered on the Kola Bay, which is also known to operate a fleet of special-purpose submarines and deep-sea submersibles. Yantar has been observed operating near critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic, North, and Irish Seas, and even off the southeast coast of United States near Naval Submarine Base King’s Bay, home to U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines. Equipped with a wide range of sophisticated crewed and uncrewed deep diving submersibles, Yantar is capable of mapping, imaging, as well as inspecting, deploying, or manipulating objects on the sea floor
Viridien Appoints Former SLB Executive as CEO
. He brings more than 27 years of experience in the energy sector, including leadership positions at SLB, where he served as president and vice president across four major global businesses.His career has included operational management and global leadership roles across Europe, Africa, Russia and the United States, overseeing technology portfolios, service and project operations, mergers and acquisitions integration activities, and business growth initiatives.Berg holds a master's degree in Thermal Energy and Fluid Mechanics and a master's degree in Management for the Oil and Gas Industry.
OceanSight Expands Global Dealer Network with Six New Regional Partners
assessment, seafloor minerals, and defense applications across global offshore and marine markets.Newly appointed channel partners for OFG include:Codevintec — Italy & GreeceNOR Group - NorwayOCEANTECH - KoreaSamhitha Marine — IndiaSES (Survey Equipment Services) - United StatesSubTop- France & Francophone Afric
AUKUS to Develop UUVs, Delivery Set for 2027
The United States, Britain and Australia are working together to develop unmanned undersea vehicles as part of their trilateral AUKUS defence pact, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters on Saturday.AUKUS said in a joint statement that delivery of the vehicles will start in 2027.The program will improve the three nations' reconnaissance and strike capabilities, "and bolster superiority in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, mine countermeasures, electronic warfare, and contested littoral manoeuvre," the statement added. The program comes under AUKUS's so-called
NOAA, Partners to Map Seafloor Off the Cook Islands
of the nation’s marine environment and inform the collection and development of marine critical minerals off the Cook Islands coast. This expedition advances the mission outlined in the Executive Order "Unleashing America’s Offshore Minerals and Resources," which calls upon the United States to strengthen relationships with partners interested in responsibly developing seabed minerals in their national jurisdictions
Cellula Robotics, Metron to Advance Undersea Capability for the US Defense Market
Cellula Robotics US Inc. and Metron, Inc. have signed a 10-year agreement to deliver a combined solution for the United States defense market, bringing together Cellula's commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platforms with Metron's best-in-class adaptive mission autonomy and decades of proven undersea warfare and maritime domain expertise.Building on their successful collaboration to date, including work supporting the Defense Innovation Unit's CAMP project, the agreement establishes a long-term framework focused on faster fielding, strong
TDI-Brooks Reflags Research Vessel for Caribbean Mission
TDI-Brooks’ multi-use oceanographic research vessel Miss Emma McCall has completed its full-term ABS shipyard period and is heading to the Caribbean region following a reflagging process.The company said it is reflagging the vessel from the United States to Vanuatu to support cost-effective operations in the Caribbean and northern South America region.The vessel is currently transiting to Roatan, Honduras, to complete the reflagging exercise before moving to the Pacific for a geotechnical project off the west coast of Honduras, according to TDI-Brooks.Miss Emma McCall research vessel (Credit:
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson Returns to the Great Lakes to Map the Region
, currents, and melting ice up north shift the seafloor and bring in new obstructions–plus debris and shipwrecks all change the seafloor. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey acquires and processes the nation's bathymetry and is the authoritative source for all offshore depth data within the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson mapping off the coast of Cleveland, Ohio, in 2022, along with a NOAA plane collecting lidar data. (Credit: LCDR Michelle Levano/NOAA)Coast Survey’s primary mission is safety of navigation, ensuring the trillions of dollars in
Aussie Uncrewed Submarine Sold to US
C2 Robotics has commissioned its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV), the first to be delivered to the United States.The Speartooth LUUV has been designed to deliver scalable, cost-effective undersea capability across intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions. Its smaller size and lower unit cost enable it to operate in contested environments and generate force mass in ways that traditional platforms cannot.A modular design, minimal infrastructure and low cost enables fast integration, flexible mission tailoring and rapid deployment — delivering operational
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