Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) continues to expand its maritime capabilities. On Thursday, 4 May, the company unveiled BlueWhale, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that is described as Israel’s first unmanned… Continue reading "IAI Unveils Its First Unmanned Submarine Called BlueWhale"
Australia has signed a contract with defense company Anduril Australia to design and build Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUV) in Australia. Over three years, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Anduril… Continue reading "Australian Unmanned Submarines Are On The Way"
Over the last year, the Royal Navy has been catching up with some of the world’s other navies in their acquisition of autonomous underwater capability. This may not seem like… Continue reading "Unmanned Submarines in the Royal Navy – The Manta"
Last week, Qatar’s Ministry of Interior signed a contract with ARES Shipyard and Meteksan Defence to supply ULAQ USV to the Coast Guard Command. This contract, which represents Turkey’s first… Continue reading "Qatar Became The First Export Customer Of Turkey’s ULAQ-Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel"
Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in a meeting, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 9, approved the plan to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines and procure 31… Continue reading "India Approves Plan to Build Two Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines & 31 MQ-9B UAVs"
The Marlin USV, Turkey’s most advanced unmanned naval platform, has recently added a new capability to its arsenal by firing the Kuzgun-KY (Raven-Solid Propellant) missile developed by TÜBİTAK-SAGE. Turkish Defense… Continue reading "Marlin, Turkey’s Most Advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicle, Fires Kuzgun-KY Missile For the First Time"
Work on the ULAQ SİDA (Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle) Project, which was initiated by the Turkish Defense Industry Agency (SSB) and is being carried out by the Ares-Meteksan joint venture,… Continue reading "Turkey Showcases a New Variant of The ULAQ USV For Anti-Submarine Warfare"
The Royal Navy has awarded a £15.4 million contract for its first crewless submarine to Plymouth firm MSubs. The contract is funded by the Anti-Submarine Warfare Spearhead programme and will… Continue reading "Royal Navy Awards Contract For ‘Project Cetus’ Crewless Submarine"
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Defence showcased their indigenous midget submarine SOV400 during India’s flagship defence exhibition DefExpo 2022, held in Gandhinagar. Two models of the submarine design were displayed. L&T… Continue reading "DefExpo 2022: Larsen & Toubro Showcases SOV400 Midget Submarine"
Turkey’s arsenal of unmanned surface vehicles is growing. After ULAQ and SALVO, Turkey’s third operational armed USV, SANCAR, developed in cooperation with Yonca-Onuk Shipyard and HAVELSAN, was launched with a… Continue reading "Turkey Launches A New Unmanned Surface Vehicle Dubbed Sancar"