Maritime Security

A U.S.-funded center in Cyprus will help train officials from countries in the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East on the latest techniques...

The successful operation of unmanned aerial systems depends to a large extent on their transportation and logistics. Autonomously folding wings for an unmanned aerial...

Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) can serve for a wide variety of missions, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, etc. The German Navy...

A rigorous sea trials program has demonstrated that a new autonomous navigation system can safely navigate unmanned vessels in real-time and in a real-life...

New unmanned aerial vehicles will significantly enhance the French Navy’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance capabilities. The French Navy has accepted for operational use two...

The ocean is a challenging environment. The ability to map and navigate the depths of the world’s oceans becomes increasingly essential to maintaining an...

In the near future, drones will be used to test and evaluate ships’ new laser weapons. Researchers from the US Naval Surface Warfare Center,...

Turkey made a big investment in improving its naval defenses in the last decade, increasing the number of warships and military vessels and relying...

Drone delivery flights are limited to daylight hours globally, due to the additional technical and operational challenges associated with night operations. Operation during night...

A logistics unmanned air system (UAS) will execute long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport missions, replacing tactical aircraft. The Blue Water Maritime Logistics...

Autonomous vehicles will replace manned teams in the middle of the ocean. An autonomous team of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) equipped for Anti-Submarine Warfare...

The U.S. Navy has used a quadcopter UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to deliver a payload to a submarine around the Hawaiian Islands. A video...

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) awarded a contract to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and its partner Airbus DS Airborne Solutions (ADAS)...

A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) development program will support the development of tracking systems for accurately marking and monitoring objects in the...

By Or Shalom, security and cyber expert and adviser Marine ports have strategic importance as critical infrastructure. The ports are vital to the economy, the...

A new maritime surveillance sensor system will identify and track smugglers, terrorists, or any other threat, day and night, on rough seas. The system...

The global unmanned surface vehicle market for defense and commercial uses is projected to reach USD 1,020 million by 2023, according to a Markets...

The US is trying to assess how Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) medium-range UAV capabilities might be used to support Coast Guard operations, including...

The German Navy has just started at-sea tests of the SKELDAR V200 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard first-in-class...

In the wake of the explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in massive blasts in Beirut’s main port, killing at least 100 people...

Elbit Systems tested the combination of a mini-unmanned aerial system with its Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to further enhance the vessel’s intelligence capabilities...

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is becoming more and more prevalent in the military maintenance and logistics fields. The technology will soon be used...