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The detection and interdiction of drug smugglers attempting to enter the United States by sea has remained a top priority across administrations and Pentagon and Coast Guard leadership. Patrolling the wide expanses of the southern maritime border is a daunting task for any fleet, and it is especially challenging for manned assets, which are limited in number and whose crews are most valuable when it is time to interdict.
In The Field
Datagrid New Zealand has announced the signing of a supply and installation contract with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and OMS Group (OMS) for the delivery of the Tasman Ring Network,
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An unmanned boat motors toward a beach and drops off an armed robot, which then walks itself toward a target. It sounds like the plot of a science fiction movie,
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A new field mission within the THETIDA project—in partnership with the University of Algarve and Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve—focused on monitoring the wreck of a B-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1), a
Hike Metal Products Limited has signed a Technology Licensing Agreement with HydroSurv, establishing a partnership that will see Hike Metal manufacture, market, and support HydroSurv's entire portfolio of USV platforms
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has announced a new partnership with Ulysses, an ocean technology company developing autonomous systems designed to support ocean stewardship, monitoring, and exploration.
Elistair and Exail have partnered to integrate the Khronos automated tethered DroneBox on Exail's DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV), giving maritime operators a persistent "eye in the sky" launched directly from the vessel. The
Ocean Power Technologies has announced that it has received notification from the US Government that its maritime drone technology, the WAM-V unmanned surface vehicle (USV), has been selected for further engagement following a recent competitive capability assessment.