Maritime Autonomous Systems News

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27 November 2024

ecoSUB Robotics Makes a Splash at Oceans 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

ecoSUB Robotics, a leader in innovative autonomous marine robotics, proudly participated in Oceans 2024, marking the company's first exhibition outside of the UK

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25 November 2024

British engineers successfully demonstrate UK’s first autonomous extra large submarine for military use

The XLAUV has been configured to enable militaries to monitor and help protect underwater infrastructure across the vast expanses of the seabed, support anti-submarine warfare and provide another means for them to undertake covert surveillance missions.

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22 November 2024

LJMU launches Global Centre for Maritime Innovation

Liverpool John Moores University is to bring together its world-leading maritime education, research and innovation through a new global centre.

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20 November 2024

General Oceans acquires RS Aqua

Growing underwater technology group, General Oceans, has acquired ocean technology specialists RS Aqua as of Monday 18th November 2024 in a move that will strengthen the positions of both companies.

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7 November 2024

The University of Southampton and ecoSUB Robotics Sign Licensing Agreement to Revolutionize Underwater Sampling Technology

The University of Southampton has today announced a groundbreaking licensing agreement with ecoSUB Robotics to bring an innovative underwater water sampler to market.

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24 October 2024

Join the tenth Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS) from 5-7th November 2024

The future direction of the UK’s marine research infrastructure and how to succeed in taking on solo global ocean challenges are on the keynote billboard for this year’s MATS

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25 September 2024

SMI member Sonardyne's technology enables fully remote gathering of important oceanographic data from Atlantic Ocean currents

Sonardyne Origin 65 Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) and Current Pressure Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES) are positioned on the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico gathering long term data on the Loop Current System (LCS).

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7 August 2024

ecoSUB AUV dives to new depths – 2,000m mission

During a recent deep water trials campaign in Madeira, an ecoSUm25-Science Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was launched and successfully completed a spiral behaviour to provide vertical profiling of the water column down to 2,000m depth

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15 July 2024

SMIFutures Early Career Profile: Courtney Story

Meet Courtney Story, Supply Chain manager at BAE Systems. In this interview, Courtney discusses seeing the value in your challenges, the benefits of peer learning and what she learned from her time living aboard a Royal Navy warship.

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11 July 2024

Kongsberg Maritime launches unmanned offshore support vessel for subsea operations

In spring 2024, the 24-metre REACH 1, the world’s first unmanned offshore surface vessel, was launched from Trosvik Shipyard in Norway.

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