Focus on Unmanned Craft
UNMANNED CRAFT WEEK
This month’s focus on unmanned craft includes reviews of both remotely operated vessels and those capable of autonomous operations. USVs include those for long-range survey and research missions while new ROVs will support exploration and offshore maintenance activities.
Unmanned Surface Vehicles • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles • Remotely Operated Vehicles
One autonomous craft featured is a new vessel currently undergoing trials prior to fully entering operational use with the Royal Australian Navy. This craft utilises a proven design that has already undergone rigorous testing in the United States, and the Australian military is now studying its other possible applications.
Vessel Reviews:
- USV Inanibus – UK-designed unmanned vessel to conduct windfarm site surveys
- Aurora – Versatile, deep-diving ROV for Norwegian research non-profit
- VESSEL REFIT | USV Dart – UK’s South Devon College to utilise drone for maritime training purposes
- Argus – Versatile hybrid survey and inspection USV for Norway’s Argeo
- Royal Australian Navy debuts fast autonomous boat
- Work-class ROVs to perform oilfield support duties in Brazil
News and Gear:
- ABS, SpaceX to jointly develop autonomous ships for rocket recovery
- Norwegian companies form two new unmanned vessel joint ventures
- Marine projects joint venture formed in Abu Dhabi
- New Turkish-built armed USV hits the water
- UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory to develop long-range autonomous research vessel
- Australian-Canadian partnership to introduce new series of unmanned naval vehicles
- New Chinese large autonomous research ship hits the water
Recent Important Features:
COLUMN | Sailing towards the self-wrecking ship [Grey Power]
– “Amid all this digital progress, the promoters invariably live in a perfect world of unreality, where voyages progress smoothly and nothing ever goes wrong.”
– by Michael Grey, regular Baird Maritime contributor and former long-term editor of Lloyd’s List
Call for content!
Any news or views about the unmanned vessel industries? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and June 24), so we can add it to this current edition of Unmanned Craft Week!
We are after:
- Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
- Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the unmanned vessel sector
- Interviews – Owners, operators, research organisations, etc.
- Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the unmanned vessel world? (example here)
- Other – Any other relevant news
