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Future of Dutch navy lies mainly in unmanned systems

Future of Dutch navy lies mainly in unmanned systems

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 20, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, Maritime events, Navy, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Submarines, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – Shipbuilders naturally prefer to build nice big ships for the Royal Netherlands Navy, such as the large transport ships HNLMS Rotterdam and HNLMS Johan de Witt. So for them it will take some getting used to, but apart from the necessary...
Demcon to supply Rijkswaterstaat’s first USV

Demcon to supply Rijkswaterstaat’s first USV

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 12, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, Inland navigation, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Survey

Rijkswaterstaat has entered into a four-year partnership with Demcon Unmanned Systems for the delivery of a first unmanned survey vessel (USV) with autonomous navigation functionality. This small unmanned high tech survey vessel is less than two metres long and...
How Alewijnse contributes to Dutch autonomous sailing project

How Alewijnse contributes to Dutch autonomous sailing project

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 11, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, Engineering, Maritime research, News, Ship conversion/refit, Shipping, Workboats

Autonomous sailing is coming soon. It will be more efficient, sustainable and safer, and will help alleviate crew shortages. Alewijnse is part of the Fieldlab Autonomous Sailing Technology (F.A.S.T.) project. This initiative, with the Damen Stan Patrol 900 patrol boat...
‘Autonomy is key to secure critical subsea infrastructure’

‘Autonomy is key to secure critical subsea infrastructure’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 28, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, News

Autonomy must be at the heart of our reaction to growing threats to subsea critical national infrastructure, states Matthew Ratsey, the founder of a UK marine tech firm. He points out that as adversaries become more adept at exploiting weaknesses in existing systems,...
Kongsberg delivers first Reach Remote USV

Kongsberg delivers first Reach Remote USV

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 20, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Ship design, Shipbuilding

A new era of offshore operations has begun with the delivery of Reach Remote, a 24-metre unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed by Kongsberg Maritime. Its initial mission will be to conduct underwater surveys off the coast of Haugesund, Norway, but its potential...
Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 31, 2024 | Autonomous operation, Classification/inspection, Digitalisation, News, Offshore, Survey

Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius. It will now include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil using an USV and...
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