Maritime Autonomous Systems News

SMI Marine Science & Technology Business Person of the Year 2021 Winner - Terry Sloane

Future of Transport Regulatory Review Consultation now open

Consultation launched to consider groundbreaking technologies that will transform how we travel over the next decade.

Fugro’s latest airborne lidar Geo-data contract supports Irish coastal resilience

Fugro has won a contract to capture high-resolution lidar Geo-data along Ireland’s southern and western coastline and create a detailed 3D elevation model. The project has been commissioned by the Office of Public Works (OPW), the lead agency for flood risk management in Ireland, to deliver a consistent, uniform and up-to-date baseline elevation model of this part of the Irish coast.

Fugro completes geohazard site investigation activity on Block 58 in Suriname

Fugro has finalised fieldwork on a site investigation programme for TotalEnergies off the north-west coast of Paramaribo in Block 58 of the Guyana-Suriname Basin

SeeByte and Raytheon combine AN/AQS-20C sonar with SeeTrack C2 software for real-time contact analysis

SeeByte and Raytheon Technologies are working together to bring Raytheon’s AN/AQS-20C advanced minehunting sonar system data into SeeByte’s SeeTrack v4, multi-domain command and control system.

SEA-KIT wins funding to demonstrate zero emission hydrogen fuel cell technology for USVs

Propulsion control for uncrewed surface vessels

Dr Henry Robinson, CEO of Dynautics discusses the considerations in the the design and build of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). Complex and challenging, hundreds of decisions must be taken into account. From those relating to mission goals, payload requirements, power budget, hull design, communication systems and propulsion control and management.

Collaboration, partnership and interoperability in subsea defence

The theme at the heart of many major naval defence events this year is integration and collaboration. Simon Partridge, Chief Strategy Officer at Sonardyne Group, discusses the opportunities for naval industry collaboration, ways to ensure parity with businesses and the key to making faster technological advances in subsea defence.

Autonaut Meets Augmented Reality Through a New Low-Carbon Cross-Border Sales Platform

SMI Member, Autonaut, are hosting alongside Business West a webinar to talk about their involvement in the recent DIT Programme to use Immersive Technology to showcase their Autonaut USV to customers overseas using a new form of sales and marketing tool to enable their customers to experience and...

Supercharging science: an open letter from Dstl chief executive

Science lab urges best minds in industry, academia, engineering, science, and technology to work with UK specialists to combat future threats.