Naval Technology News
Latest Naval Technology news and analysis — 24 articles tagged Naval Technology on The Robotics Media.
- Saildrone Fires First Missiles From A Wind-Powered Robot Ship At RIMPAC — — Saildrone's Surveyor USV fired two Lockheed Martin JAGM missiles off Hawaii during RIMPAC 2026, the first live launch from one of the company's wind-p...
- HII's Watcher sUSV Wins DIU Nod, Advances Toward Production — — DIU has officially recognised successful completion of the PRIME prototype programme for HII's Watcher small USV, built with MetalCraft Marine on the...
- Blue Water Autonomy Wins Navy $40M NAVOCEANO Survey IDIQ — — Boston-based Blue Water Autonomy has been selected for a multi-year, multiple-award $40M IDIQ contract with the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office to con...
- HII, HD HHI Deploy Intelligent Welding Robots at Ingalls Shipbuilding — — HII and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will install intelligent mechanized welding systems in unit-fabrication areas at Ingalls Shipbuilding, extending U...
- HII Lands U.S. Navy Option Year For Lionfish Cyber-Compliant SUUV Build — — The U.S. Navy exercised HII's option-year production contract for Lionfish, its next-gen small unmanned undersea vehicle based on REMUS 300, with a pr...
- Missile-Armed Saildrone Surveyor Joins RIMPAC 2026 As Navy Expands USV Operations — — The Saildrone Surveyor USV departed Pearl Harbor on July 8, 2026 to begin RIMPAC 2026 armed with a Lockheed Martin launcher for four AGM-179 JAGM miss...
- Kongsberg Wins International Deal To Guard Subsea Critical Infrastructure — — Norway's Kongsberg lands an international contract to deploy sonar, cameras and C-Scope command software for offshore infrastructure protection.
- US Navy Awards ReconCraft $24.96M For Autonomous Low-Profile Vessels — — ReconCraft won a $24.96 million U.S. Navy contract to build autonomous low-profile vessels, delivering hard-to-detect uncrewed surface craft through 2...
- US Navy Extends General Dynamics MEDUSA Robotic Submarine Program — — The U.S. Navy exercised a $13.97 million contract modification with General Dynamics Mission Systems on July 6, extending development of the MEDUSA to...
- Saronic Launches Mirage, 52-Foot Autonomous Vessel for US Navy — — Saronic Technologies has launched Mirage, a 52-foot autonomous surface vessel with 2,500-nautical-mile range and 3,500-pound payload, now in trials in...
- Kraken Robotics Closes $615M Covelya Deal, Eyes TSX Listing — — Kraken Robotics has completed its CAD $615 million acquisition of UK-based Covelya Group, tripling its revenue outlook to as much as $320 million for...
- Saronic's Autonomous Corsair Drone Boat Rescues U.S. Apache Pilots Near Strait Of Hormuz — — A Saronic Corsair autonomous surface vessel picked up two U.S. Army Apache aviators after their helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz, the fi...
- Shvabe Holding Unveils AI Counter-Drone Interceptor System At Russia's Fleet 2026 — — Rostec subsidiary Shvabe Holding has revealed a neural network-guided counter-drone system for coastal and maritime defense at the Fleet 2026 show in...
- USS Theodore Roosevelt To Deploy With Seahawk Unmanned Surface Vessel — — For the first time, a robotic surface ship will sail as a designated member of a U.S. carrier strike group. The Seahawk medium USV marks the Navy's sh...
- US Navy Kicks Off MUSV Marketplace Demos With Saronic, Leidos, HII — — The US Navy's Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel marketplace programme begins live demonstrations in June 2026, putting Saronic, Leidos, HII, Sea Machines...
- HII's ROMULUS USV Advances To U.S. Navy MUSV At-Sea Testing Phase — — The U.S. Navy has selected HII's ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel to advance to at-sea demonstrations of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program, jo...
- Blue Water Autonomy Starts Liberty-Class Construction at Conrad Shipyard — — Blue Water Autonomy has begun construction of the first Liberty-class autonomous warship at Conrad Shipyard, with the 190-foot vessel due for Navy del...
- Saildrone Unveils 52-Meter Spectre USV for Anti-Submarine Warfare With Lockheed Martin — — Saildrone unveiled Spectre at Sea-Air-Space 2026: a 52-meter, 30-knot medium unmanned surface vessel built with Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri for an...
- Bone AI Raises $12M Series A for Autonomous Naval Drones — — Bone AI has raised $12 million in Series A funding to scale its autonomous surface vessels and underwater drones, which use computer vision to detect...
- US Navy Picks 7 MUSV Designs to Enter Prototype Phase — — The U.S. Navy has selected seven submissions from its new MUSV marketplace to enter prototype evaluation, with at-sea demonstrations required before O...