Maritime Security

The vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) CAMCOPTER S-100 has successfully demonstrated its capabilities to the Hellenic Navy. Schiebel’s UAV was...

An MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with an upgraded multi-intelligence configuration was successfully tested. Triton is the U.S. Navy’s premier high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE),...

Iran is pointed out by Israel and western allies as responsible for the July 29 attack on a ship with Israeli ties off the...

Japan’s authorities have been employing advanced technology in order to maintain security and prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the Olympic Games in...

The United States is evaluating unmanned maritime surveillance technology in support of Coast Guard efforts to protect its maritime borders and commercially navigable waterways.  The...

Underwater gunfights are an especially rare kind of combat. Underwater rifles, built specifically to launch a projectile through dense water, are one way to...

The Spanish maritime safety and rescue body SASEMAR is operating the CAMCOPTER S-100 for maritime surveillance over the coming months. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft...

A new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) project offers an autonomous navigation system for maritime applications. The project received £400,000 from the UK Ministry of...

Israel Shipyards signed an agreement to supply its SHALDAG MK V vessels to the Israeli Navy. The company will provide four vessels that have...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems, to enhance the 'Sa'ar 6' corvette's capabilities and usher the Israeli Navy into a...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveils Sea Breaker, a 5th generation long range, autonomous, precision-guided missile system, enabling significant attack performance against a variety of...

Unmanned surface vehicles are becoming more and more autonomous, capable of accomplishing more sophisticated missions. The University of Plymouth, UK, and the Royal Navy...

Finland is acquiring enhanced maritime surveillance and information-sharing capabilities.  The Finnish Border Guard is once again operating the CAMCOPTER S-100 for implementing coast guard functions...

An autonomous ship has set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. This ship is the world’s first unmanned, fully autonomous, AI-powered marine research vessel that...

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has enabled the latest artificial intelligence (AI) to be brought into the command spaces on a...

Maritime boarding operations are challenging and have traditionally involved troops coming alongside a ship in a fast boat and hooking a caving ladder or...

The integration between unmanned and manned capabilities provides an operations approach to strengthening manned unmanned teaming, adding a warfighting advantage. In an unprecedented exercise...

RF signals can provide valuable insight into commercial vessel activity across the globe, even when bad actors seek to hide their location. New maritime...

Dubbed as the world’s first patrol ship with a diving capability, a vessel developed by Russia’s Rubin Central Design Bureau can function as a...

A new pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera developed for use aboard naval vessels has been designed to provide a low-cost military PTZ solution. The camera, ODIN, developed...

The Hellenic Navy will acquire eight Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) frigates from Lockheed Martin. The company said that the ships could be produced in...

As the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, maintaining cybersecurity in the maritime sphere requires more international collaboration.  Cyware, a Virtual Cyber Fusion Platform provider,...