Defense

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Oct. 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.

The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies have come together in Guam beginning Sept. 27 for Pacific Griffin 2019, the most advanced naval training in the two nations' longstanding partnership.

Saab has signed a contract with the Finnish Defense Forces Logistics Command, and received an order to provide and integrate the combat system for the Finnish Navy’s new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 program.

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a pioneer and world leader in underwater defense and security solutions based on advanced, sonar and acoustics technologies for naval missions - will launch its SwordFishTM Towed Array Sonar (TAS) system at Pacific 2019.

General Dynamics Mission Systems has released the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle. This new vehicle builds upon the proven Bluefin autonomy and uses shared Bluefin Robotics’ core capabilities, increased mission modularity and embedded intelligence to complete users’ long endurance, high-consequence and changing missions.

Dozens of unmanned underwater, surface and air vehicles from NATO countries gathered in Portugal from 11 to 27 September 2019 to test new technological advances in unmanned maritime systems networks. The exercise—Recognized Environmental Picture, Maritime Unmanned Systems 2019, a.k.a. REP(MUS) 19—tested the ability of NATO Allies to integrated and share information gathered by unamend systems in operational contexts.

The U.S. Navy is considering using autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) for many missions currently being performed by manned platforms. In order to perform these missions, advanced autonomy algorithms must be created, integrated, and tested on these vehicles.

Kongsberg’s US subsidiary, Hydroid, has received a contract modification from the US Navy for the MK 18 family of unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) systems.

2G Robotics has released its Optical Identification AUV payload which is available for the L3HARRIS OceanServer Iver3 Open System AUV. The payload enables remote mine identification from an AUV platform to limit risk, reduce mission time, and improve the covertness of Mine Countermeasure operations. This modular payload can integrate into new or existing vehicles and collects high resolution stills images and 3D laser data.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One (EODMU-1) successfully tested its ability to operate unmanned underwater vehicles and conduct expeditionary mine countermeasures in very shallow Arctic water.

L3Harris Technologies has delivered a new class of Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) with advanced capabilities to enable the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy to understand how to maintain a technical advantage over potential adversaries.

The Navy civilian engineers who developed a unique weaponized unmanned surface vehicle (USV) tested by the Marine Corps this summer envision that its technological capabilities will revolutionize naval warfare.