Rovco, a leading UK-based provider of tech-powered offshore wind solutions, has been selected for site characterisation work on the Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project in the southern North Sea. The project is a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation (a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management operating on a standalone basis), and Gulf Energy Development. With a planned installed capacity of 1.5GW, it will be one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms upon completion.

SeeByte Ltd (SeeByte) has been awarded a three-year contract by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, to provide its suite of C2, mission-level autonomy, target recognition, support, and development services to the Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Delivery Team and related programmes in support of the Royal Navy.

Ten expeditions will take the Nautilus Corps of Exploration aboard E/V Nautilus to Hawaiʻi, American Samoa, US Pacific Remote Islands, Guam, Palau, and Canada.

International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) proudly announces the launch of our Revolutionary Subsea Surveillance Team, featuring the groundbreaking integration of our XL UUV and Subsea Docking System. This dynamic duo offers unprecedented range and endurance, making surfacing optional.

A new technology detects trace amounts of oxygen in an environment where previously these life-supporting molecules were below the limit of detection.

Havfram has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of 21 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at their Windanker project in the Baltic Sea. The agreement covers transport and installation support, which will be executed by one of Havfram’s newbuild NG20000X-HF wind turbine installation vessels. The contract will start in the summer of 2026 and makes a perfect fit towards high utilization for the vessel planned to be used.

Greensea IQ, the innovator behind EverClean, the premier always-clean hull service, and Seaward Marine Services, a leader in global ship husbandry, today announced a groundbreaking five-year agreement. This alliance aims to expand each company’s service offerings by integrating their expertise in underwater hull cleaning (UWHC) technologies and services across the marine industry.

The US Navy aims to establish a "hybrid fleet" with 150 unmanned vessels in response to escalating global threats, recognizing the necessity of an unmanned presence to maintain superiority. Despite the advantages of unmanned vessels in extending mission durations and mitigating risk for warfighters, their integration is hindered by operational challenges and the legacy acquisition models.

Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 39: Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 39: Events Calendar & Welcome to Ocean Robotics Planet - RTsys Integrating Manned and Unmanned Systems for Greater Outcomes - Odysseus 4K: Pelagic’s New ROV Provides Cutting-edge Support for Global Deep-Sea Science - Reagan National Defense Forum and Uncrewed Maritime Systems - The SeaExplorer Way: Redefining Shallow Water Exploration - VideoRay: An American ROV Revolution (Part 1) - Poster: VideoRay Defender - Fortifying Undersea Security: Collaborative Strategies for Subsea Warfare - Towards Autonomous Seas: Embracing the Potential of Remote Piloting - Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USV) Network in Support to EOOS - Sea-Lift: Connecting Topside to Subsea - Digital Edge Showcases New ROV Products - Science Fiction Becomes Reality: The Sentinel Mission - The ROV Artist: Gaizka Garay - ROVAR: Remotely Operated Vehicle for Asset Recovery...

One year after Magellan’s public release of this incredible expedition, we shed some light on the making of the RMS Titanic Digital Twin. Voyis, a leading provider of advanced underwater imaging systems in Waterloo, Canada, joined forces with subsea technology partners Sonardyne and EIVA to provide sensor systems to Magellan for their groundbreaking survey that captured the first complete Digital Twin of the RMS Titanic wreck site.

VideoRay LLC, a rapidly growing defense technology company, announced today that it has been awarded a $92.6M USD five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the continuous production, sustainment, and development of the MK20 Defender Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) platform for the US Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR).

CSignum, a leader in underwater and underground data networking, is proud to announce the launch of its latest innovation, the EM-2 wireless platform for IoT sensor data and control from above the surface to below. The EM-2 interfaces to many common underwater sensors to wirelessly communicate data from under the water to above the surface or directly on land.

Vigilus is a state-of-the-art submersible surveillance array, comprising of acoustically-meshed environmental sensor nodes, poised to revolutionize underwater monitoring and security. The Vigilus nodes, strategically positioned on the seafloor multiple kilometres apart from one another, form an interconnected network of listening stations that act as an underwater "trip wire".

The Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, Poland will host the 2024 Littoral OpTech workshop to explore the current trends regarding the operational, economic and geo-political environment in and around the Baltic Sea. The Polish Naval Academy was established in 1922, and has been in continuous operation since then, although it has had several different names over the years.

South Hampshire College Group (SHCG), a large and newly merged college group, that brings together three Further Education colleges from Southampton, Eastleigh and Fareham has taken delivery of a pioneering resource to meet the needs of new and emerging skills in the Solent region, through the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Digital Training Vessel.

Atlantas Marine from Yeovil, Somerset has been recognised in the UK’s most prestigious business award programme, being honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Founded in 2000, Atlantas Marine designs and manufactures underwater inspection cameras and equipment that enable marine inspections to be carried out using unmanned submersible vehicles

Local entrepreneur Tim Overfield, the Chairman of both Zetechtics Ltd and C-Kore Systems Ltd, is delighted that both businesses have been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade 2024 in recognition of their contribution to International Trade.

Fugro is the proud winner of two Spotlight on New Technology Awards, which are being presented at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston today.