Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 42: Events Calendar & Welcome to Ocean Robotics Planet - Unlocking New Possibilities for Small Robotic Vehicle Operations - Greensea IQ Pioneering Subsea Robotics - Freedom AUV Performance Delivers Military Precision - Keeping a Complex Warship Fighting Fit: An Industry View - Enhancing the Capability of Intervention Class Vehicles - Diving Deep: The Role of Testing and Certification in Subsea Vehicle Buoyancy Performance - Disruptive Defence Tech Startups Making a Debut at Masschallenge - Poster: Alseamar SeaExplorer - SeaExplorer: Alseamar’s Leading System for Advanced Underwater Exploration - Impact Subsea Unveils ISP360: A New Era in Subsea Profiling - What Available and Appropriate Technologies Exist for Critical Underwater Infrastructure Monitoring and Protection - Balancing Security and Profits with New Realities: Why Being Compliant is No Longer Enough - UDT2025 Shaping the Future of Undersea Defence Technology - Sulmara Discover New Age for USVs - The U.S. Navy Pu...

As global maritime security challenges continue to evolve, the need for advanced undersea defence solutions has never been more critical. In response, the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) event returns to Oslo from 25th to 27th March 2025, bringing together the world's foremost experts, innovators, and decision-makers in the field of naval and undersea warfare. Hosted at the NOVA Spektrum Convention Centre, UDT 2025 promises to be the premier gathering for those shaping the future of undersea security.

We've upgraded this publication for 2025 with more "hands on" basic operational data for the active ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) as a handy, 24/7 easily accessible reference tool for our busy clients.

As the countdown begins to Ocean Business 2025, more details can be revealed about the line-up of exhibitors at the global technology and science exhibition for marine industries. More than 350 world leading manufacturers and service providers shaping the future of ocean science and technology have booked space at the sold-out show, which runs from April 8-10 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.

The WorkBoat Conference Program offers educational sessions on various topics relevant to all in the maritime industry. These sessions, curated by the WorkBoat content team alongside the WorkBoat and National Fisherman editorial teams, bring attendees the latest relevant industry trends, challenges, opportunities and current events.

The awards dinner will take place on Wednesday, 19 February at P&J Live in the Granite City as part of Subsea Expo, a three-day exhibition and conference showcasing the subsea sector and wider underwater industry. Eight awards will be presented at the black-tie event, to which over 550 guests are expected to attend. Several companies have been shortlisted in multiple categories.

Globally, naval forces are facing complex threats that will challenge our ability to compete with peer adversaries in future warfare. Recently our near peer threats have not been standing still, far from it. They have been observing our armaments, equipment, and tactics to develop an increasingly capable force of their own. As a result, naval forces now face a multitude of advanced threats; including uncrewed systems, anti-ship munitions and Cyber/EW effects to name but a few. As a result, naval forces are transforming physically, conceptually, and culturally to maintain advantage in an ever-shifting world shaped by technology, climate change and increasingly aggressive peers.

With rapid technological advances changing the way maritime forces need to utilise and manage ISR capabilities across domains, Maritime and Littoral Reconnaissance and Surveillance systems and platforms have become a critical component of naval capability. Make sure you are a part of the leading conference in Europe dedicated to Maritime ISR. Join the maritime community across three days of discussion on innovation, with a focus on collaboration with industry experts, international military and inspirational speakers.

A new team is heading up the organisation of SPE Offshore Europe (OE) at RX Global, in partnership with SPE, in the biennial event next being held at P&J Live, Aberdeen, UK from 2-5 September 2025.

The main stage at Underwater Intervention 2019 will feature a two-part industry panel discussion on the future of the subsea oilfield. Hosted by BP, the discussions will focus on the direction of the Subsea Oil & Gas Infrastructure’s Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) market. This is an historic event whereby the major oil & gas offshore operating companies will get together, in an open forum, to communicate their vision for the offshore oilfield of the future. The operator discussion will follow the next day with selected service companies gathering to communicate their vision for fulfilling the needs portrayed by the operators.