Empire Wind Granted Preliminary Injunction, Construction to Resume
challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s December 22, 2025 suspension order will continue to proceed.Empire Wind will now focus on safely restarting construction activities that were halted during the suspension period. In addition, the project will continue to engage with the U.S. government to ensure the safe, secure and responsible execution of its operations.Empire Wind is being developed under contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to deliver a critical new, near-term source of electricity for New York and bolster grid reliability at
MOG, HHI Ink MoU to Build Submarines
Maritime Operations Group (MOG) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed a memorandum of understanding MoU aimed at accelerating the development, construction and delivery of modern diesel-electric submarines and undersea technologies for U.S. government and allied missions.Under the agreement, the two companies will explore collaboration on the design and construction of diesel-electric submarines optimized for U.S. Navy training, research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), and specialized mission support. The MoU also targets the introduction of advanced maintenance, repair and
A Project Called Azorian: Doing the Impossible
, copper, cobalt, and manganese. The cover story explained the ship as a deep ocean mining vessel that lowered a mining machine to the seabed on a long pipe string where it would collect nodules and be raised back to the mining ship when it was full.The CIA recognized that there could be no overt U.S. Government involvement without attracting close Soviet scrutiny and learning the actual purpose of the Project. Howard Hughes agreed they could use his Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas as the front for a commercial deep ocean mining operation. The company was ideal because it was privately owned, had
Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance USV Capabilities for US Navy
found more fish than anticipated, which enabled NOAA to set a higher catch limit for that year. This had a significant positive commercial impact on the Bering Sea fishing industry.We began working with the innovative Task Force 59 in 2021, and rapidly grew our customer base to include other US government and intelligence agencies, clocking millions of hours on mission against real-world adversaries. We are now deployed 24/7/365 in multiple theaters around the world, providing maritime intelligence services supporting both US and international allied navies.However, in recent years, with increasing
Europe Moves On as US Lets Science Slide
European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.The effort - which has not been previously reported - marks the most concrete response from the European Union and other European governments so far to the U.S. government's retreat from scientific research under President Donald Trump's administration.Since his return to the White House, Trump has initiated
Saronic, Vigor Form Alliance to Advance Autonomous Maritime Capabilities
focused on rapidly advancing the delivery of autonomous maritime capabilities and strengthening operational support for defense and commercial customers.The partnership brings together two trusted maritime innovators with complementary capabilities, whose combined expertise can help support U.S. government and commercial customers in a rapidly changing environment.Vigor brings decades of experience in complex aluminum and small vessel fabrication, while Saronic, as one of the fastest-growing defense technology companies in the U.S., blends expertise in maritime autonomy, platform design and development
OPT Signs Up Defense Customer for Multiple WAM-V USVs
, Latin America, and the Middle East."We believe this agreement is further proof that our systems form an important part of building out the future of ocean security. Using highly adaptable USVs, like our WAM-V, is a cost-efficient force multiplier for surface and seabed warfare efforts for the US Government and other Allied Forces. The dual use nature of our technologies enables us to provide systems to a broad set of customers,” said Philipp Stratmann, CEO and President of OPT
Concerns for Deep Sea Ecosystems Heighten as US Opens Opportunities For Mining and Extraction
In the same week as the US Government moved to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for mineral extraction, a new reflection paper co-authored by PML Honorary Fellow Torsten Thiele urges the International Seabed Authority to declare a moratorium/precautionary pause on such activity.The paper, titled "Delivering Benefits to Humankind: Opportunities for the International Seabed Authority under a Deep-Sea Mining Moratorium," has been published by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) and explores the “critical opportunities available to the International Seabed
NORBIT: Successful U.S. Testing of GuardPoint Intruder Detection Sonars
.With the GuardPoint systems deployed, data was recorded and used under the conditions of the recent five year extension to a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between both parties. The CRADA ensures that NORBIT’s expertise and resources deliver significant benefits to US Government Stakeholders.“Given the challenging shallow water environment, we are especially pleased with our system’s performance, and we are very grateful to the professional team at NSWC Panama City Division for their continued capability and capacity resource delivery as we work together
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