Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Lab in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) are using 3D printing technology to develop self-driving boats. The boats […]
Sea Machines Robotics – a Boston company specializing in unmanned, autonomous vessel technology for the maritime industry – will be working with A.P. Moller-Maersk, of Copenhagen, Denmark to trial its perception and situational awareness technology […]
Westpac Little Ripper Lifesaver has collaborated with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to develop the first autonomous shark detecting drone – ‘Shark Spotter’. “The automated system for detection and identification of sharks in particular, […]
Australian Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne recently released the Defense Industrial Capability Plan which outlines Australia’s long-term vision and objectives for Australia’s defense industry, and how government and defense plan to partner with industry to […]
The U.S. Navy is preparing to deploy two MQ-4C Tritons – high-altitude surveillance drones – to Guam this summer. Built by Northrop Grumman, the 131-foot-wingspan UAV’s utilize electro-optical sensors and radar capable of tracking maritime […]
Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are reporting the successful deployment of three undersea drones which will be autonomously monitoring the ebb and flow of sea ice in the […]
The United States Navy has awarded an initial $150 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop shipboard lasers – HELIOS – an acronym for ‘High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance’. Under the terms […]
Forum Subsea Technologies, a subsidiary of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., and BluHaptics, Inc. have partnered to provide solutions for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and subsea engineering applications. Forum’s 3D ROV simulation software product will be […]
A new project out of DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office – The Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) program – will “study natural and modified organisms to determine which ones could best support sensor systems that detect […]
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s South China Sea Fleet deployed a new type of electronic warfare aircraft – the H-6G bomber – in its recent combat maneuvers. The aircraft is equipped with two electronic […]
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