Rolls-Royce, is to develop a new, highly efficient water jet to propel unmanned surface craft for the US Navy.The new water jet will be the smallest Rolls-Royce design to date, with a diameter of just 100 millimetres, and will quietly propel…
The Navy is to commission the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship Fort Worth (LCS 3) in a ceremony at the Port of Galveston, Texas.Fort Worth, the third LCS delivered to the Navy and the second of the steel, semi-planing monohull Freedom variant…
Drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are to be deployed along China's coastline to undertake remote-sensing marine surveillance.Local authorities said they could use the high-definition photos to discover illegal land reclamation and…
US Defense Advanced Research Prjoject Agency (DARPA) contracts Science Applications International Corp. to develop an autonomous surface vessel to track and follow enemy subs for months.The growing number of adversaries able to build and…
The latest design of the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS), the next generation of warships, has been unveiled.The Ministry of Defence has released images showing the basic specification of the T26 GCS, which is a significant milestone in the development of this programme…
VectorNav Technologies launch the VN-200, high-accuracy GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) on a surface-mount chip the size of a postage stamp. Combining an advanced GPS module with the latest in MEMS inertial and pressure sensor technology…
Raytheon Company completes prelimary design of the Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) for US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Through the TEMP program, Raytheon is creating an innovative system of modular technologies – including air and sea cargo transport…
Unmanned ships to be developed by a United Shipbuilding Corp. & Tranzas Company joint ventureSpeaking at the international engineering technology forum taking place in Zhukovsky, Moscow region, Yevgeny Komrakov, director of the joint enterprise…
Fleet, Force put Warfighting First: U.S. Navy still the World's “preeminent maritime force,” At the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and with a new Chief of Operations at the helm, the U.S. Navy continues to provide credible combat power with persistent presence around the world…
