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Unmanned Systems
Seasats Unmanned Vehicle Completes Trans-Pacific Voyage
Seasats on Wednesday announced one of its Lightfish autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) reached Japan in a trans-pacific voyage from San Diego after launching in January. When first launched, the company […]
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Navy Opens MASC USV Program, Seeking Proposals For Three Variants
The Navy opened a solicitation this week for proposals on its new Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) medium-sized Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program, looking into three variants. The Navy noted […]
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Hanwha Invests In Philly Shipyard with LNG Order
The American shipping subsidiary of South Korean industrial conglomerate Hanwha in July ordered a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier from a fellow subsidiary, Philly Shipyard, as part of its effort […]
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CNO Nominee Open To Ditching Boise, Adding Ship Repair and Construction Work Outside U.S.
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) nominee Adm. Daryl Caudle on Thursday said he was open to retiring the USS Boise (SSN-764) attack submarine early due to its long maintenance delays […]
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Pentagon Announces New Naval Nominations
The Defense Department on July 18 announced several new nominations for the Department of the Navy, including Naval Air Systems Command, the I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Navy Personnel Command. […]
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Philly Shipyard Outlines Hanwha’s Improvements, Workforce Plans
PHILADELPHIA – The Philly Shipyard’s new Korean owners plan to boost the workforce numbers, use several new technologies, and add new capabilities to help it dramatically increase the production rate. […]
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Hanwha Looks To Boost Philly Shipyard’s Annual Output To Six-Plus Ships, Add Navy Vessels
PHILADELPHIA – The new South Korean owner of the Philly Shipyard is looking at a combination of internal and government-funded yard improvements to boost production from the current 1-1.5 ships per […]
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Austal Delivers Last Independence-Variant LCS To The Navy
Austal USA on Friday delivered the 19th and last Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Pierre (LCS-38), to the U.S. Navy. Austal built them and delivered this one […]
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Navy Used BALTOPS Exercise To Demonstrate USV Tactics, Evaluating Vessels
The head of a Navy task force focused on evaluating and using lower cost unmanned systems for 6th Fleet said recent testing at the Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS) maritime exercise […]
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Unmanned Systems
Saildrone Envisions European Expansion After Baltic Sea Exercises
The founder and CEO of unmanned surface vessel (USV) company Saildrone said the company is ripe for significant expansion to more European customers following a June NATO test and demonstration […]
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