ORION 23 – Task Force 471 Put to the Test
It is between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sunday March 5, a few dozen nautical miles from Toulon. A FREMM engaged in the ORION 23 exercise is the victim…
Collecting Plankton for Scientific Purposes From a Navy Vessel
From February 20 to 23, 2023, the Rhône metropolitan support and assistance building (BSAM) hosted scientists from the Plankton Planet project and the Ocean Institute of Sorbonne University for four…
Defense Artificial Intelligence Research Network Contracts Signed
Defense has signed contracts with the University of South Australia and Deakin University for two research projects which will use artificial intelligence to process noisy and dynamic data into information…
Iranian Propaganda Touts Merchant Ship Conversion
The commander of the IRGC Navy announced the improvement of the level of the IRGC’s naval combat power, saying that Ashura and Tariq-class vessels have been equipped with missiles. Rear…
HMAS Toowoomba Fires ESSM After AMCAP Refit
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba achieved a key milestone in explosive fashion while undergoing training off the coast of Western Australia. Toowoomba successfully fired an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for…
HMAS Toowoomba Fires ESSM After AMCAP Refit
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba achieved a key milestone in explosive fashion while undergoing training off the coast of Western Australia. Toowoomba successfully fired an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for…
Commander of Australian Fleet Visits Ocius for Bluebottle USV Delivery
On Friday 3 March 2023, RADM Chris Smith, Commander of Australian Fleet, officially accepted the first two RAN Bluebottle USVs delivered under the Ausdefcon contract signed on 24 November 2022.…
NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown Begins 55 Day Atlantic Survey
On March 6, a team of scientists on the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown departed from Suape, Brazil for a 55-day cruise to the northerly waters of Reykjavik, Iceland. With…
Teamwork Hey to Submarine Rescue Exercise
Navy’s submarine abandonment, escape and rescue (SAER) system was certified for another year as part of the annual Exercise Black Carillon, which ran from February 13-24. The exercise, conducted off…
Undisclosed Customer Orders Kraken AquaPix® Synthetic Aperture Sonars
Kraken Robotics Inc. announced a $1.3 million purchase order March 8th from an unnamed customer for our AquaPix® synthetic aperture sonars (SAS). These systems will be integrated to a NATO…