Amphibious Vessels

The US Marine Corps will be equipped with two new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) variants that will be designed to provide troops with enhanced...

Various news outlets report that China has acquired two new Zubr-class assault hovercrafts, making it overall six in its possession. These hovercrafts are built...

Underwater operations present a persistent challenge for both humans and machines. Visibility is often limited, communication is constrained, and navigation can quickly become uncertain....

  Unmanned machines suited for both land and water are nothing now, but a patent filing from earlier in the year indicates that someone at...

By ARIE EGOZI Israel is closely following the Iranian effort to develop a line of unmanned systems for sea applications. Iran has unveiled a torpedo-armed watercraft...

NATO’s Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation, based in La Spezia, Italy, has revealed an ability it has been working on for quite some...

Inspecting the underside of a ship is a difficult but important security task. Hulls can conceal structural damage, foreign objects or potentially dangerous devices...

At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, South Korean company K Watercraft introduced a revolutionary unmanned boat that utilizes water as its primary fuel source,...

An unnamed US firm has approached Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy (MHI) for a possible partnership to develop an armored vehicle. Hisakazu Mizutani, the head of MHI's...

Maritime operations are becoming increasingly complex, with growing demand for persistent surveillance, extended reach, and reduced risk to personnel. Traditional submarines can provide these...

Robots intended for complex natural environments face a familiar problem: rigid bodies and fixed-color surfaces make them easy to detect and limit their ability...

The world's vast oceans and seas offer seemingly endless spaces in which adversaries can maneuver undetected. The U.S. military deploys networks of manned and...

India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled a new class of man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (MP-AUVs), designed to make mine detection faster,...

Military power is projected from bases. The further away you get from a base — that is, the longer you have to fly, sail,...

Unmanned systems decrease the risk to soldiers and security teams by keeping them at a remote and secure site while streaming data for full...

Tracking submarines across vast ocean areas is one of the most resource-intensive missions in naval operations. Traditional platforms, such as crewed ships and aircraft,...

Modern naval forces are under growing pressure to project power while remaining difficult to detect. As long-range precision weapons become more widespread, large surface...

The U.S. Air Force wants a new stealthy long range bomber. Last week it got strong support from outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Reportedly, in...

Modern naval forces face a persistent challenge: how to monitor vast stretches of ocean without relying on crewed submarines or costly patrol cycles. Underwater...

A Chinese unmanned, amphibious aircraft to transport supplies to islands and to be used in military applications with special sensors is ready for operations....

Researchers from Princeton and MIT have uncovered a method for intercepting underwater communications, challenging long-standing assumptions about the security of sonar transmissions. By using...

Giora Katz, head of the new Rafael Land Division, said: “We will use Rafael's many capabilities to meet the demands of modern warfare, including...