Security
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News - VideosSEA TRIAL: Thai royal police boat hits water after YouTube discovery
A small English boatyard has been hired to build police boats to protect the Thai Royal family after a video of its vessels was seen on YouTube.
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NewsOrca AI launches 360-degree AI field view platform
Orca AI has launched a version of its maritime AI platform built around a 360-degree field of view, giving vessels continuous visual coverage on all sides.
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NewsGerman space centre cuts steel on ocean-going tech platform
Steel has been cut on a unique ocean-going technology platform being built by the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR).
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NewsItaly strengthens unmanned vessel capability
Piloda Defence, Havelsan and VN Maritime Technologies have signed an MoU to advance USV development in Italy
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NewsPrivilège Marine integrates SEA.AI system across entire vessel range
French catamaran builder Privilège Marine will install SEA.AI technology as standard across its entire range of vessels in a shift towards integrating AI-assisted situational awareness into offshore cruising design.
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NewsBlue Water and Damen plunge in to autonomy
The number of autonomous surface vessels being built worldwide is massively growing as naval and commercial operators seek to expand capacity without increasing crews.
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NewsCoastal states raise alarm over GNSS interference
Fourteen European coastal states and Iceland have issued a warning to the international maritime industry over growing risks to maritime safety from interference in satellite navigation systems and vessel data manipulation.
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NewsNew Dutch coalition makes maritime ‘national strategic importance’
The Netherlands’ maritime and offshore sectors have been given a major boost with a new agreement explicitly designating maritime manufacturing as a sector of national strategic importance.
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NewsFincantieri advances Italian navy research
The new Italian Navy hydro-oceanographic ship Quirinale will strengthen scientific research, sustainability and national maritime security
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News - VideosWATCH: BeeX’s deep-sea Hovering AUVs
Singaporean start-up BeeX has been awarded a contract by the Defence and Technology Agency (DSTA) for its Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (HAUVs).
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NewsInto the DEEP: Fincantieri enters subsea robotics sector
When Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest and oldest shipbuilding groups, announced three years ago that it was entering the subsea robotics sector, many in the maritime world assumed it would be a gradual move – perhaps the development of an underwater vehicle here, a defence research project there. Vice- president Underwater Gabriele Maria Cafaro tells Maritime Journal all about it.
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NewsFrom sky to sea: A holistic security solution
Traditional maritime security has always relied on crewed patrols and fixed surveillance. As threats grow and operations become more complex, operators and governments are adopting remote and autonomous technologies to improve awareness across the maritime domain, says Jannik Sauer, Chief Technology Officer, Subsea Europe Services / FLANQ.
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NewsSystems thinking is critical for complex naval autonomy
Will Alexander, Global Business Development Lead – Maritime Autonomous Systems with BMT, tells Maritime Journal why design and thinking systems matter more than ever with autonomy in an increasingly complex and critical naval domain.
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NewsMachine vision: A critical layer in autonomy
Autonomy in the maritime sector is often talked about as an end-state: vessels operating with minimal or no crew, navigating complex waterways without human intervention, writes SEA.AI CEO Marcus Warrelmann.
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NewsMOD and Seawork Insights - last chance to register
How can the commercial workboat sector contribute to defence as an engine for growth? Join our Seawork Insights webinar tomorrow to hear experts talk through the options.
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NewsGNSS isn’t enough to protect workboats from jamming and spoofing
GNSS was never engineered to be robust against deliberate radio frequency interference, and as a result, they are vulnerable to jamming and spoofing. Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control, a PNT resilience provider, sheds light on how workboats can be protected.
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NewsFinnish Border Guard orders three hovercraft in fleet renewal
UK vessel builder Griffon Marine has won a contract to build three hovercraft for the Finnish Border Guard as it moves to renew its ageing fleet.
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NewsRoyal Navy issues £10m 'Project Beehive' tender for unmanned boats
The UK’s Royal Navy has issued a £10.25m (€11.6m) tender for a fleet of 20 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) for its Surface Flotilla (SURFLOT).
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NewsSubsea sabotage – the hidden front of warfare
As militaries eye commercial subsea expertise, Peter Barker explores how oil, gas, wind and cable specialists manage undersea infrastructure risks amid conflict and accidental damage.
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NewsZeroUSV reveals shorter timeframe for larger vessel build
UK-based ZeroUSV is building an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) that it says proves it and other SMEs can deliver ultra long-distance, high payload autonomous vessels in months rather than years.
