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​The Marine Corps recently published a Request For Information (RFI) to start market research to inform planning for a new small unmanned surface vessel (USV) to help conduct reconnaissance. According 

​The uncrewed surface vessels ideally would be light enough to get lugged around by a Marine heavy-lift helicopter, the Corps said. 

The Aritra IITM team from the Marine Autonomous Vessels (MAV) Laboratory in the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras, has emerged as the champion in the 2023 Virtual RobotX (VRX) challenge. Hosted by RoboNation USA in collaboration with Open Robotics and the Office of Naval Research, this international competition drew participation from 33 teams worldwide, including MIT and NSU. Aritra 

​On July 17, 2023, two simultaneous blasts tore through the Kerch Bridge, temporarily disabling the only overland link between Russia and occupied Crimea and denting a prestige project for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The one ton of explosive was delivered by a pair of uncrewed surface vessels named “Sea Baby,” developed within Ukraine and operated by remote control. In other instances, “sea drones” were used to ram Russian warships in the port of Sevastopol, home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and to strike a Russian oil tanker.  The spectacular pace of innovation currently underway globally around marine autonomous vehicles will
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The use of long-duration Uncrewed Surface Vehicles for maritime surveillance and monitoring has become part of the fleet inventory as navies try to reduce the level of effort required to gather intelligence on areas of interest. 

A growing number of uncrewed systems have been on show at Sydney’s Indo-Pacific Maritime exhibition with a select few currently being trialled to see if they can enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s surveillance levels. 

​The mini missile fire was part of an exercise by a unit working to develop the Navy’s drone and artificial intelligence technologies. 

​The Navy issued a sources sought/Request for Information (RFI) notice for industry feedback on potential specifications of the future Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV). The notice, published Nov. 4, is 

The company has proven success in undersea operations but has been pushing to improve capability and further demonstrate its systems’ ability to provide surveillance.