Latest news
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OPT Wraps Up WAM-V Sea Trial off New Jersey
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), a U.S.-based marine power, data and service solutions company, has completed its first WAM…
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Artificial Reef or Ecological Trap
There’s not a lot of data on the underwater ecosystems developing on and under floating wind structures; there’s just not…
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MIT's Dr. Phil Budden Shares Innovation Research with NUWC Division Newport Workforce
Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, delivered…
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ECOsubsea: Closed-Loop Hull Cleaning Is a Regulatory Imperative
The shipping industry faces mounting regulatory pressure to mitigate the transfer of invasive species via hull biofouling.
Offshore Energy
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SMD Hits 100 Sale Mark for its Subsea Plough
Underwater technology and services company SMD has achieved a new milestone with the sale of its 100th plough, which has…
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Geoquip Marine Wraps Up Surveys for German Offshore Wind Projects
Geoquip Marine, a Njord Partners portfolio company, has completed a preliminary geotechnical site investigation for two 4…
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Synaptec Rolls Out Monitoring Tech to Tackle High-Voltage Cable Faults
Synaptec has launched Greenlight, a monitoring solution designed specifically to address high-voltage cable failures, stemming…
Hydrographic
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Fugro to Support Norway’s USV Seabed Mapping Program
Fugro has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) to support the 2025 MAREANO seabed mapping…
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Ashtead Technology Orders Teledyne’s New Autonomous Navigation System
Teledyne Marine has secured its first orders for the Compact Navigator, the company’s new ultra-compact autonomous navigation…
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Exail Announces Sale of USV to Oceanic Observatory of Madeira
Exail announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM) to supply a DriX O-16 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV)…
Ocean News
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Endangered Gulf of Mexico Whale Threatened by Oil and Gas Vessel Strikes
The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related…
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US Launches Process for Offshore Mineral Lease Sale
The US Department of the Interior has announced it is initiating the process to evaluate a potential mineral lease sale in…
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Kraken Robotics Banks $3m in SAS Sales
Kraken Robotics Inc. announced that it has received new orders totaling more than $3 million for Kraken Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS).
Subsea Defense
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Saildrone Names Former Vice Admiral as its New President
Maritime defense and oceanographic survey company Saildrone has appointed Vice Admiral John Mustin as its President, who…
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NUWC Division Newport: $2 Billion Impact on Economy in 2024
The total funded program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport reached $2 billion in 2024, according…
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Undersea Warfighting Development Center Leadership Visits NUWC Division Newport
A constant co-evolution of technology and operational concepts is critical to providing the best warfighting capabilities possible to the U.S.
Vehicle News
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Underwater Vehicle Concept Inspired by Golf Balls
Underwater vehicles with dimples like golf balls could be more efficient and maneuverable, a new prototype developed at the…
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Skyports Trials Drone Deliveries for UAV-Enabled Maritime Services
Skyports Drone Services, a firm specializing in drone delivery and inspection services for healthcare, maritime, logistics and energy use cases…
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Cellula Robotics Expands AUV Market Reach in Northern Europe
Canadian company Cellula Robotics has entered into a sales and representation agreement with Subsea Europe Services (SES) and its defense division…
New Products
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FLANQ Debuts USV for Maritime Surveillance, Special Forces Ops
FLANQ, a German-based maritime defense solutions provider, launched Q-RECON, a European designed and built uncrewed surface…
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Edible Aquatic Robot Could Collect Environmental Data
An edible robot built by EPFL scientists in Switzerland uses a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to move…
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Quantum Sensing Beats GPS-Denied Navigational Challenges
The same error-prone sensitivity that has slowed down the development of quantum computers is being turned into an advantage…