HOUGHTON — On Monday, more than 50 members of the Great Lakes Smart Ships Coalition gathered to witness the pioneering deployment of an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) at the Great Lakes Research ...

Unmanned surface vessels Ranger and Mariner pulled into Fleet Activities Yokosuka Sept. 18, becoming the first Navy USVs to visit Japan. The vessels, assigned to Unmanned Surface Vessel Division 1, ...

ESNA and Strategic Marine have signed an agreement to develop a SES CTV (Surface Effect Ship Crew Transfer Vessel) for offshore wind applications. According to Wikipedia, a surface effect ship or ...

Floating at the crossroads of technological advancement and gray-zone warfare, the U.S. Navy’s unmanned surface vessel (USV) program is drifting toward a counterrevolution in the use of unmanned ...

Eureka Naval Craft is introducing its suite of high-speed AIRCAT (air cushion catamarans) surface effect ships (SES), already in use with the offshore energy industry, to the defense market. According ...

Autonomous surface vessels will become part of the global command and control network used by the U.S. Navy and other U.S. military services due to a new partnership between HavocAI and SAIC, ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — In recent years, Soldiers have increasingly turned to unmanned equipment as a vital component of their operations. The advantages of these systems have become more pronounced as ...

This is possibly the first documented case of a strike with an FPV drone targeting an unmanned surface vehicle. May 30, 2024 saw back to back Russian and Ukrainian losses in the Black Sea: Kyiv lost a ...

China has recently revealed an unusual naval vessel that blends characteristics of both a surface ship and a submarine, sparking considerable speculation among defense analysts. Photographs from the ...

The successes, if only disruptive, enjoyed by the Houthis and Ukraine have demonstrated the potential of low-complexity drone and missile attacks. These will have far-reaching implications beyond the ...

Textron is developing a remarkable new Surface Effect amphibious transport for the US Navy and Marines. It can carry 50 tonnes of cargo, skims the waves at 50+ knots (57+ mph, 92+ km/h), and operates ...

Autonomous surface vessels will become part of the global command and control network used by the U.S. Navy and other U.S. military services due to a new partnership between HavocAI and SAIC, ...