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Cambridge Pixel and Spatial Integrated Systems complete major integration efforts on ASVs for US Navy trials

Cambridge Pixel and SIS complete integration on ASVs for US Navy trials

Maritime July 31, 2020

US-maritime autonomy company Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc (SIS) and UK-based Cambridge Pixel have announced rapid innovation efforts in maritime autonomy and radar integration for US Navy Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) trials. Together, SIS and Cambridge Pixel integrated a suite of complementary and interdependent systems including the SIS Multi-Agent Robotic Teams (SMART) ...

The first testing service for autonomous maritime vehicles (UAV) will allow customers to conduct trials and test systems in the Solent.

BAE launches maritime UAV trials & testing service

Maritime July 20, 2017

The first testing service for autonomous maritime vehicles is to be delivered by BAE Systems. With a grant awarded of £457,000 from Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the service is due to be launched later this year. Based around Portsmouth, Southampton and the South East of the Isle of Wight, BAE Systems ...

Vince Dobbin, Sales and Marketing Director at ASV Global, shared his insights into the future of USVs with defence writer Domhnall Macinnes following the Royal Navy’s testing of the Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed USV in the Thames in early September.

Unmanned Warrior 2016 underway

Maritime October 11, 2016

This weekend saw the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior event get underway, the first large-scale demonstration of Unmanned systems alongside a major multinational naval exercise; Joint Warrior. The event was conceived by (then) First Sea Lord Admiral Zambellas in 2014, in line with the Strategic Defence and Security Review’s direction on innovation and ...

Earlier this week, UK’s Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST), an unmanned surface vessel (USV) based on the innovative Bladerunner hull shape, underwent tidal trials on the Thames.

Thames trials for MAST

Maritime September 8, 2016

Earlier this week, UK’s Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST), an unmanned surface vessel (USV) based on the innovative Bladerunner hull shape, underwent tidal trials on the Thames. Currently being developed by ASV Ltd under Dstl funding, MAST provides the MOD with a testbed for new technologies allowing them to test and evolve ...